Spatial inequality of urban greening dynamics in the Gran Valparaíso during the Central Chile megadrought (2010–2023).Victoria De La Barra, Roberto O. Chávez, Gabriel Castro, Pablo Sarricolea. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Volume 113.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129080 

Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of depositional environment and vegetational cover in a salt flat of the Lickan Antay Territory of Toconao, Northern Chile. Aránguiz-Acuña, A., Alday-Galleguillos, G., Pérez, D. H., Chávez, R. O., Olea, M., de Toconao, C. L. A., Prieto, M., Figueroa, V., Espíndola, C., Tejerina, A., Galleguillos, F., Sanzana, C., Núñez, L., & Loyola, R. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, 49(1-2), 3-23.
https://doi.org/10.1177/03091333241306660 

New uses for ancient middens: bridging ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Katie M. Becklin, Julio L. Betancourt, Joseph Braasch, Olivier Dézerald, Francisca P. Díaz, Angélica L. González, Robert Harbert, Camille A. Holmgren, Angela D. Hornsby, Claudio Latorre, Marjorie D. Matocq, Felisa A. Smith.  Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 5, Pages 479-493.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.12.003 

Ecological and metabolic implications of the nurse effect of Maihueniopsis camachoi in the Atacama Desert. Díaz, F. P., Dussarrat, T., Carrasco‐Puga, G., Colombié, S., Prigent, S., Decros, G., Bernillon, S., Cassan, C., Flandin, A., Guerrero, P. C., Gibon, Y., Rolin, D., Cavieres, L. A., Pétriacq, P., Latorre, C., & Gutiérrez, R. A.  New Phytologist, 241(3), 1074–1087.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19415 

MODIS Time Series Reveal New Maximum Records of Defoliated Area by Ormiscodes amphimone in Deciduous Nothofagus Forests, Southern Chile. Estay, S. A., Chávez, R. O., Lastra, J. A., Rocco, R., Gutiérrez, Á. G., & Decuyper, M. Remote Sensing, 15(14), 3538.
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15143538

Hydroclimate variations over the last 17,000 years as estimated by leaf waxes in rodent middens from the south-central Atacama Desert, Chile. Frugone-Álvarez, M., Contreras, S., Meseguer-Ruiz, O., Tejos, E., Delgado-Huertas, A., Valero-Garcés, B., Díaz, F. P., Briceño, M., Bustos-Morales, M., & Latorre, C.  Quaternary Science Reviews, 311, 108084.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108084

npphen: An R-Package for Detecting and Mapping Extreme Vegetation Anomalies Based on Remotely Sensed Phenological Variability. Chávez, R. O., Estay, S. A., Lastra, J. A., Riquelme, C. G., Olea, M., Aguayo, J., & Decuyper, M.  Remote Sensing, 15(1), 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15010073

Andean peatlands at risk? Spatiotemporal patterns of extreme NDVI anomalies, water extraction and drought severity in a large-scale mining area of Atacama, northern Chile. Chávez, R. O., Meseguer-Ruiz, O., Olea, M., Calderón-Seguel, M., Yager, K., Isela Meneses, R., Lastra, J. A., Núñez-Hidalgo, I., Sarricolea, P., Serrano-Notivoli, R., & Prieto, M.  International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 116, 103138. 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.103138

Declining honey production and beekeeper adaptation to climate change in Chile. Gajardo-Rojas, M., Muñoz, A. A., Barichivich, J., Klock-Barría, K., Gayo, E. M., Fontúrbel, F. E., Olea, M., Lucas, C. M., & Veas, C. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment.  46(5), 737-756.
https://doi.org/10.1177/03091333221093757 

A Probabilistic Multi-Source Remote Sensing Approach to Evaluate Extreme Precursory Drought Conditions of a Wildfire Event in Central Chile. Chávez Roberto O., Castillo-Soto Miguel E., Traipe Katherine, Olea Matías, Lastra José A., Quiñones Tomás. Frontiers in Environmental Science 2022, Volume 10.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.865406

Continuous monitoring of forest change dynamics with satellite time series. Mathieu Decuyper, Roberto O. Chávez, Madelon Lohbeck, José A. Lastra, Nandika Tsendbazar, Julia Hackländer, Martin Herold, Tor-G Vågen. Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 269.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112829

Snow Cover and Snow Persistence Changes in the Mocho-Choshuenco Volcano (Southern Chile) Derived From 35 Years of Landsat Satellite Images. Roberto O. Chávez, Verónica F. Briceño, José A. Lastra, Daniel Harris-Pascal and Sergio A. Estay. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2021, Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.643850

Canopy Gap Structure as an Indicator of Intact, Old-Growth Temperate Rainforests in the Valdivian Ecoregion. Álvaro G. Gutiérrez, Roberto O. Chávez and Ignacio Díaz-Hormazábal. Forests 2021, 12(9), 1183.
https://doi.org/10.3390/f12091183

Spatiotemporal Peatland Productivity and Climate Relationships Across the Western South American Altiplano. Talia G. Anderson, Duncan A. Christie, Roberto O. Chávez, Matias Olea y Kevin J. Anchukaitis. JGR: Biogeosciences 2021, Volume 126, Issue 6.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005994

A User-Friendly Remote-Sensing Web-Platform for Biodiversity Conservation and Management in Protected Areas. Roberto O. Chávez, José A. Lastra, D. Valencia, I. Díaz-Hormazábal. 2020 IEEE Latin American GRSS & ISPRS Remote Sensing Conference (LAGIRS).
https://10.1109/LAGIRS48042.2020.9165604

Remote Sensing for Insect Outbreak Detection and Assessment in Latin America. Chávez R.O., Rocco R. In: Estay S. (eds) Forest Pest and Disease Management in Latin America. Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35143-4_4

Ormiscodes amphimone Outbreak Frequency Increased Since 2000 in Subantarctic Nothofagus pumilio Forests of Chilean Patagonia. Gutiérrez Á.G, Roberto O. Chávez, Javier A. Domínguez-Concha, Stephanie Gibson-Carpintero, Ignacia P. Guerrero, Ronald Rocco, Vinci D. Urra, Sergio A. Estay. In: Estay S. (eds) Forest Pest and Disease Management in Latin America. Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35143-4_5

Water Crisis in Petorca Basin, Chile: The Combined Effects of a Mega-Drought and Water Management. Ariel A. Muñoz, Karin Klock-Barría, Camila Alvarez-Garreton, Isabella Aguilera-Betti, Álvaro González-Reyes, José A. Lastra, Roberto O. Chávez, Pilar Barría, Duncan Christie, Moises Rojas-Badilla and Carlos LeQuesne. Water 2020, 12(3), 648.
https://doi.org/10.3390/w12030648

Spatio-temporal assessment of beech growth in relation to climate extremes in Slovenia – An integrated approach using remote sensing and tree-ring data. Mathieu Decuyper, Roberto O. Chávez, Katarina Čufar, Sergio A. Estay, Jan G.P.W. Clevers, Peter Prislan, Jožica Gričar, Zalika Črepinšek, Maks Merela, Martin de Luis, Roberto Serrano Notivoli, Edurne Martinez del Castillo, Danaë M.A. Rozendaal, Frans Bongers, Martin Herold, Ute Sass-Klaassen. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volume 287, 2020, 107925.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.107925