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Interaction dynamics of avian frugivores and plants in a Chilean Mediterranean shrubland
(Elsevier, 2011)
Studies of plant-frugivore interactions are important for identifying the roles that biotic seed vectors play
in seed dispersal, and ultimately plant recruitment. In a subandean shrubland of central Chile, 50% of
total ...
Abiotic gradients drive floristic composition and structure of plant communities in the Monte Desert
(Sociedad de Biología de Chile, 2010)
From forest to shrubland: Structural responses to different fire histories in Prosopis flexuosa woodland from the Central Monte (Argentina)
(Elsevier, 2014-06)
We estimate post-fire population trajectories, and to analyze the effect of fire recurrence on the post-fire recovery in seven different fire histories in the Central Monte. The structure of stems showed that unburned ...
Bioindicators of soil quality of open shrubland and vineyards
(Springer, 2018-02)
Land-use effects on microbial communities may have profound impacts on agricultural productivity and ecosystem sustainability because they are critical to soil quality and health. Within this context, soil microbiological ...
Quantitative assessment of shrub-grass mosaic development in grazed shrublands: An example in the Patagonian Monte (Argentina)
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2010-08)
Grazing alters the spatial structure of shrubs and perennial grasses in desert shrub communities. The resulting spatial distribution of shrub-grass patches constitutes a sensitive indicator of the integrated result of ...
Water subsidies from mountains to deserts: their role in sustaining groundwater-fed oases in a sandy landscape
(Ecological Society of America, 2011-04)
In arid regions throughout the world, shallow phreatic aquifers feed natural oases of much higher productivity than would be expected solely from local rainfall. In South America, the presence of well-developed Prosopis ...
Microbial community composition and network analyses in arid soils of the Patagonian Monte under grazing disturbance reveal an important response of the community to soil particle size
(Elsevier Science, 2019-06)
The effects of livestock grazing on soil microbial communities are not fully understood in arid regions, where water limitations can have significant consequences on soil health and biological processes. Neither are ...
Spatial patterns of the germinable soil seed bank of coexisting perennial-grass species in grazed shrublands of the Patagonian Monte
(Springer, 2008-09)
We compared the size and spatial pattern of the germinable soil seed bank (GSB) of the three dominant perennial-grass species in the arid Patagonian Monte of Argentina. These species differ in plant functional traits, seed ...
Leaf litterfall, fine-root production, and decomposition in shrublands with different canopy structure induced by grazing in the Patagonian Monte, Argentina
(Springer, 2008-10)
Selective sheep grazing in the Patagonian Monte induces the reduction of total and perennial grass cover, species replacement within life forms, and the increase in dominance of long-lived evergreen woody plants with slow ...
Sheep grazing and soil bacterial diversity in shrublands of the Patagonian Monte, Argentina
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2016-02)
Our objective was to assess whether long-term continuous sheep grazing was associated with the bacterial community of the Patagonian Monte soils. We randomly extracted soil samples from 5 plant-covered patches (PCP) and ...