Peatlands are globally known as major deposits of fresh water and carbon, affecting the planet's weather and local hydrology; for bearing unique plant and animal species, contributing to biodiversity; and because they ...

High-elevation peatlands are valuable because of their capacity to store high quantities of carbon (C) in their soils, but they are also vulnerable to disturbance caused by human activity. In the High Andean plateau, lithium ...

During the past decades, the Argentine Puna (a subtropical high elevation desert of c. 14 million hectares) has been going through a process of “rewilding” of large herbivore communities. In response to rural population ...

There is an exceptional group of alpine peatlands in the world situated in the and grasslands of the central Andes. The peatlands in northern Chile occur in the most arid part of their range. Members of the Juncaceae are ...

Cerro Tocorpuri, belongs to the II region of Chile, in San Pedro de Atacama, on the border of Chile-Bolivia. The presence of a more or less constant supply of water conditions the existence of characteristic vegetation ...

Phytolith analyses are practically absent from peatlands, except for studies developed on tropical mires and peat profiles. In Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, peatlands represent the largest surface coverage in the South ...

Southern Hemisphere peatlands store substantial amounts of soil carbon. Despite their importance in the global carbon cycle, little is known about decomposition processes and the associated fungal diversity. The present ...