Coastal dunes of the southern Buenos Aires province, in Argentina, are one of the last remnants of biodiversity in the southern Pampa unit, within the Rio de la Plata Grasslands. While the direct loss of grasslands due to ...

Biological invasions are one of the most important causes of global biodiversity loss. The human-mediated movement of species has increased significantly withglobalization and the expansion of international trade. Seaports ...

The rise of exploration, colonization and expansion of human beings across continents and oceans triggered one of the most significantprocesses in the Earth´s ecological history: the massive movement and exchange of species ...

The massive human exploration and expansion across all continents and oceanstriggered one of the latest and most significant movement and exchange of speciesfrom one region to another. Over the past centuries people have ...

Species interactions could mediate species invasive processes. In Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon (37° 40′S, 57° 23´W, Argentine), the invasive reef building polychaete Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel 1923) enhances the biomass ...

Coastal dune grasslands are fragile ecosystems that have historically been subjected to various types of uses and human activities. In Buenos Aires Province (Argentina), these areas are frequently afforested for urban and ...

High densities of the invasive sea slug, Pleurobranchaea maculata, have been detected on the Argentinean coast, but studies on the species’ adaptation have been absent until now. Stomach contents of P. maculata in two ...