The new species, Tulostoma domingueziae, is described and illustrated. It was found in Polylepis australis woodlands in central Argentinean highlands. Tulostoma domingueziae is characterized by the combination of a warty ...

We examined patterns in bird community composition across a fragmented high-Andean Polylepis landscape currently afforded protection within the Huascaran Biosphere Reserve, Peru. Across five different locations we found ...

Prosopis flexuosa (Fabaceae), a key species in desert environments, provides ecosystem services whereby it mitigates desertification and supports biodiversity conservation. To understand the relative importance of drivers ...

A comparative study of the effects of woodland degradation on ‘‘brea’’ (Parkinsonia praecox) gum production was conducted in the Arid Chaco, Argentina, over a two-year period. We also analyzed the relationship of brea gum ...

In the Monte desert of Argentina open woodlands of several species of Prosopis occur in areas with accessible underground water. The great latitudinal extent of the Monte (26-43°S) exhibits strong climatic gradients involving ...

Tapia woodland vegetation is a remnant of Madagascar sclerophyllous forest that has developed under the selective pressure of fire and is dominated by the endemic tree Uapaca bojeri (Phyllanthaceae), locally named tapia. ...

Logging, grazing, wood extraction, and anthropogenic fires are pervasive throughout the subtropical dry vegetation of South America leading to changes in woodlands structure and ultimately its degradation. The Chac ohaco ...

We report four opportunistic field observations of a species of Abrocoma in Polylepis besseri woodlands in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. These observations sug-gest four significant aspects of Abrocoma sp. natural history: ...