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Subterranean Desert Rodents (Genus Ctenomys) Create Soil Patches Enriched in Root Endophytic Fungal Propagules
(Springer, 2019-02)
Subterranean rodents are considered major soil engineers, as they can locally modify soil properties by their burrowing activities. In this study, the effect of a subterranean rodent of the genus Ctenomys on soil properties ...
Invasive exotic grasses and seed arrival limit native species establishment in an old-field grassland succession
(Springer, 2012-12)
Plant communities developing in abandoned semi-natural areas are being increasingly dominated by invasive exotic species. How these 'novel residents' affect re-colonisation by native perennial species, a process generally ...
Engineering by an invasive species alters landscape-level ecosystem function, but does not affect biodiversity in freshwater systems
(Wiley, 2014-02)
Aim: Ecological theory predicts that invasive ecosystem engineers like the American beaver (Castor canadensis) in Tierra del Fuego (TDF) affect landscape-level biodiversity and ecosystem function (BEF) when engineered ...
Dinâmica espaço-temporal de fragmentos florestais em duas microrregiões do noroeste do Rio Grande do Sul
(Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBRGeografiaUFSMPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Geografia, 2016-03-01)
The understanding of landscape dynamics involves understanding the changes in the use and occupation of the land. In this process, the fragmentation of forests is very common. In thus sense, the objective of this study was ...
Native herbivore exerts contrasting effects on fire regime and vegetation structure
(Springer, 2011-08)
Although native herbivores can alter fire regimes by consuming herbaceous vegetation that serves as fine fuel and, less commonly, accumulating fuel as nest material and other structures, simultaneous considerations of ...
Lost forever? Ecosystem functional changes occurring after agricultural abandonment and forest recovery in the semiarid Chaco forests
(Elsevier, 2019-02-10)
Semiarid forests are worldwide threatened by land use changes, particularly agriculture. However, in some cases, due to particular economic or social processes, agriculture ends and forests may or may not recover to their ...
Past cover modulates the intense and spatially structured natural regeneration of woody vegetation in a pastureland
(2020-03-01)
Vegetation natural regeneration after agricultural abandonment is changing the landscape patterns in many areas worldwide. However, the expansion rate, spatio-temporal dynamics, and the role of past vegetation cover in ...
The relevance of burial to evade acorn predation in an oak forest affected by habitat loss and land use changes
(Sociedad Botánica de México, 2014)
Feral horses dung piles as potential windows for alien plants in natural grasslands
(Springer, 2008-08)
Small scale disturbances could act as patches that provide sites for the colonization of competitively inferior species, promoting the establishment of non-native species in some cases. We analyzed the vegetation associated ...