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 ...

Patagonian meadows are key for the development and sustainability of rural environments. However, they have been degraded due to a combination of weather conditions and overgrazing. Total soil organic carbon (TOC) has been ...

The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of autochthonous bioaugmentation (ABA) in phenanthrene-contaminated Patagonian soil microcosms, maintained under arid conditions, on phenanthrene elimination and soil ...

The objectives of this study were to (i) assess in situ trace metal concentrations in soil and in Spartina densiflora in a Patagonian salt marsh (Rawson, Chubut, Argentina) and (ii) investigate the relationship between ...

Besides the ecological importance of extracellular proteases in the acquisition of nitrogen-rich organic compounds, these enzymes have also interesting biotechnological applications. Particularly, alkaline proteases represent ...

Grazing is directly related to land degradation and desertification in global drylands. Grazing impacts on vascular plants, reasonably well-known, depend on its intensity and are modulated by local aridity conditions. ...

Juncus is the most species-rich genus of Juncaceae in northern Patagonian wetlands. Therefore, the correct identification of Juncus taxa is crucial in floristic studies of the region’s wetlands. Since Juncus is taxonomically ...

Arid ecosystems receive precipitation pulses of different sizes that may differentially affect nitrogen (N) losses and N turnover during the growing season. We designed a rainfall manipulation experiment in the Patagonian ...

Patagonian meadows (locally named “mallines”) are wetlands that develop in the lower parts of the landscape, were runoff water accumulates, and organic and humid soils appear, contrasting with the surrounding steppe. An ...