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The Overlooked Role of Facilitation in Biodiversity Experiments by Wright, Alexandra J., Wardle, David A., Callaway, Ragan, Gaxiola, Aurora

“…Past research has demonstrated that decreased biodiversity often reduces ecosystem productivity, but variation in the shape of biodiversity–ecosystem function…”
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Climate change effects on plant-soil feedbacks and consequences for biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems by Pugnaire, Francisco I, Morillo, José A, Peñuelas, Josep, Reich, Peter B, Bardgett, Richard D, Gaxiola, Aurora, Wardle, David A, van der Putten, Wim H

“…Plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) are interactions among plants, soil organisms, and abiotic soil conditions that influence plant performance, plant species…”
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Natural selection acting on integrated phenotypes: covariance among functional leaf traits increases plant fitness by Damián, Xóchitl, Ochoa-López, Sofía, Gaxiola, Aurora, Fornoni, Juan, Domínguez, César A., Boege, Karina

“…Plant functional strategies are usually accomplished through the simultaneous expression of different traits, and hence their correlations should be promoted…”
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Azorella Cushion Plants and Aridity are Important Drivers of Soil Microbial Communities in Andean Ecosystems by Rodríguez-Echeverría, Susana, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Morillo, José A., Gaxiola, Aurora, Manzano, Marlene, Marquet, Pablo A., González, Leticia, Cavieres, Lohengrin A., Pugnaire, Francisco I., Armas, Cristina

“…Cushion plants are specialized keystone species of alpine environments that can have a positive effect on ecosystem structure and function. However, we know…”
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Understanding litter decomposition in semiarid ecosystems: linking leaf traits, UV exposure and rainfall variability by Gaxiola, Aurora, Armesto, Juan J

“…Differences in litter quality, microbial activity or abiotic conditions cannot fully account for the variability in decomposition rates observed in semiarid…”
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Historical and phylogenetic constraints on the incidence of entire leaf margins: insights from a new South American model by Hinojosa, Luis Felipe, Pérez, Fernanda, Gaxiola, Aurora, Sandoval, Isabel

“…Aim: The relationship between the proportion of species with an entire leaf margin (pE) and mean annual temperature (MAT) is one of the most powerful tools for…”
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Non‐congruent fossil and phylogenetic evidence on the evolution of climatic niche in the Gondwana genus Nothofagus by Hinojosa, Luis Felipe, Gaxiola, Aurora, Pérez, María Fernanda, Carvajal, Francy, Campano, María Francisca, Quattrocchio, Mirta, Nishida, Harufumi, Uemura, Kazuhiko, Yabe, Atsushi, Bustamante, Ramiro, Arroyo, Mary T. K

“…AIM: We used fossil and phylogenetic evidence to reconstruct climatic niche evolution in Nothofagus, a Gondwana genus distributed in tropical and temperate…”
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Soil microbial abundance and activity across forefield glacier chronosequence in the Northern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile by Alfaro, Fernando D., Salazar-Burrows, Alejandro, Bañales-Seguel, Camila, García, Juan-Luis, Manzano, Marlene, Marquet, Pablo A., Ruz, Kriss, Gaxiola, Aurora

“…In recently deglaciated soils, microbial organisms drive soil transformations by increasing carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools while depleting available…”
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Azorella compacta: survival champions in extreme, high‐elevation environments by Pugnaire, Francisco I., Morillo, José A., Armas, Cristina, Rodríguez‐Echeverría, Susana, Gaxiola, Aurora

“…Cushion plants are life forms with a hemispherical or mat‐like, prostrate canopy well adapted to the extreme conditions of cold regions that have appealed to…”
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hare, the tortoise and the crocodile: the ecology of angiosperm dominance, conifer persistence and fern filtering by Coomes, D.A, Allen, R.B, Bentley, W.A, Burrows, L.E, Canham, C.D, Fagan, L, Forsyth, D.M, Gaxiola- Alcantar, A, Parfitt, R.L, Ruscoe, W.A

“…1 Angiosperm trees often dominate forests growing in resource-rich habitats, whereas conifers are generally restricted to less productive habitats. It has been…”
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Carbon fluxes from a temperate rainforest site in southern South America reveal a very sensitive sink by Perez‐Quezada, Jorge F., Celis‐Diez, Juan L., Brito, Carla E., Gaxiola, Aurora, Nuñez‐Avila, Mariela, Pugnaire, Francisco I., Armesto, Juan J.

“…Abstract Ecosystems where carbon fluxes are being monitored on a global scale are strongly biased toward temperate Northern Hemisphere latitudes. However,…”
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What drives retrogressive succession? Plant strategies to tolerate infertile and poorly drained soils by Gaxiola, Aurora, McNeill, Stephen M., Coomes, David A.

“…1. During retrogressive succession, vegetation shifts from taller forests with higher species richness to shorter woody communities of lower diversity. Studies…”
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Variability in terrestrial litter decomposition can be explained by nutrient allocation strategies among soil decomposer communities by Murúa, José M., Gaxiola, Aurora

“…Leaf litter decomposition is a key process for nutrient cycling with broad ecosystem‐level consequences. However, we still cannot explain an important amount…”
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Feeding Innovations and Forebrain Size in Australasian Birds by Lefebvre, Louis, Gaxiola, Aurora, Dawson, Sherry, Timmermans, Sarah, Rosza, Lajos, Kabai, Peter

“…Abstract Many authors have proposed that behavioural flexibility in the field is associated with learning ability in captivity, relative forebrain size and…”
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Microbial communities in soil chronosequences with distinct parent material: the effect of soil pH and litter quality by Alfaro, Fernando D., Manzano, Marlene, Marquet, Pablo A., Gaxiola, Aurora

“…1. During soil development, bacteria and fungi can be differentially affected by changes in soil biogeochemistry. Since the chemistry of parent material…”
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Biotic and abiotic drivers of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stocks in a temperate rainforest by Perez-Quezada, Jorge F., Pérez, Cecilia A., Brito, Carla E., Fuentes, Juan P., Gaxiola, Aurora, Aguilera-Riquelme, David, Lopatin, Javier

“…•The stocks of C-N-P of all the ecosystem pools were measured for a temperate forest.•The soil had the largest C-N contents and stocks amongst representative…”
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Long term effects of fire on the soil greenhouse gas balance of an old-growth temperate rainforest by Perez-Quezada, Jorge F., Urrutia, Paul, Olivares-Rojas, Javiera, Meijide, Ana, Sánchez-Cañete, Enrique P., Gaxiola, Aurora

“…Forest fires can cause great changes in the composition, structure and functioning of forest ecosystems. We studied the effects of a fire that occurred…”
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Chilean long-term Socio-Ecological Research Network: progresses and challenges towards improving stewardship of unique ecosystems: Red Chilena de Investigación Socio-Ecológica de Largo Plazo: Avances y desafíos para el manejo responsable de ecosistemas únicos by Frêne, Cristián, Armesto, Juan J., Nespolo, Roberto F., Gaxiola, Aurora, Navarrete, Sergio A., Troncoso, Alejandra, Muñoz, Ariel, Corcuera, Luis J.

“…Abstract Ecosystems provide a variety of benefits to human society and humanity’s utilization of ecosystems affects their composition, structure, and…”
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Effects of sustainable agricultural practices on soil microbial diversity, composition, and functions by Mondaca, Pedro, Celis-Diez, Juan L., Díaz-Siefer, Pablo, Olmos-Moya, Natalia, Montero-Silva, Fernanda, Molina, Sofía, Fontúrbel, Francisco E., Aponte, Humberto, Mandakovic, Dinka, Bastidas, Brynelly, Arellano, Eduardo C., Lavandero, Blas, Carvajal, Marcela, Gaxiola, Aurora

“…Soil microorganisms can provide multiple benefits to agroecosystems, which are assumed to be promoted by sustainable agricultural practices. However, the…”
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Indigenous rights to Patagonia's Guafo island by Marquet, Pablo A, Castilla, Juan Carlos, Gaxiola, Aurora, Hucke-Gaete, Rodrigo, Pena-Vega, Alfredo

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