Abstract
The large-scale clustering properties of galaxies allows us to investigate models which attempt to explain the recent acceleration of the Universe background expansion. These properties include the correlations of galaxies and the abundance of galaxy clusters. I will present some of the relevant aspects when using these probes to constrain cosmological models. If time allows I will also present some of our recent results on real data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR8 and on mock catalogs of the Dark Energy Survey.
