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First records of Nausigaster flukei (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Argentina
(Pensoft Publishers, 2015-12)
Nausigaster flukei Curran is recorded for the first time from Argentina. New specimens were collected in Mendoza, Jujuy and La Rioja provinces (Argentina), in the Monte and Chaco Phytogeographical Provinces. New records ...
Response of ants to grazing disturbance at the central Monte Desert of Argentina: community descriptors and functional group scheme
(Springer, 2014-02)
Livestock ranching is one of the main productive activities in arid regions of the world. Grazing produces changes in animal as well as plant communities (e.g. richness, abundance and species dominance relationships). Ants ...
Scaling functional diversity of small mammals in desert systems
(Wiley, 2014-08)
Although scaling biodiversity is a common topic in ecology, scaling functional biodiversity is a major theoretical and analytical challenge, mainly because trait differentiation and regulating processes occur at different ...
Breeding system of Bulnesia retama (Gillies ex Hook & Arn.) Gris. (Zygophyllaceae) in the Central Monte Desert (Mendoza, Argentina)
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2002-09)
Reproductive and phenological patterns of Bulnesia retama were analysed in the Ñacuñán Biosphere Reserve. Flowering spanned approximately 4 weeks, while mature fruits dispersed in 75 days. Six flower stages were determined, ...
Ability of murid rodents to find buried seeds in the Monte desert
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2009-03)
Rodents have developed a great capacity to for finding and storing seeds, and the ability of each species to find seeds in sufficient numbers could determine rodent abundance. To investigate this ability, we compared the ...
Different root strategies of perennial native grasses under two contrasting water availability conditions: implications for their spatial distribution in desert dunes
(Springer, 2020-05)
The distribution pattern of perennial native grasses in the dune systems of the Monte desert might be determined by the ability of plant roots to acquire water under drought conditions in different topographical positions ...
Frequency of visits by ants and their effectiveness as pollinators of Condalia microphylla Cav.
(Elsevier, 2014-06)
The effect of a pollinator species on a plant depends on their interaction frequency and the pollinator's effectiveness. The role of ants as pollinators is highly variable, in some cases they act as true pollinators and ...