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Biomass Partitioning and Morphoanatomical Traits of Six Gymnocalycium (Cactaceae) Species Occurring along a Precipitation Gradient by Perotti, Solana B., Aliscioni, Nayla L., Delbón, Natalia E., Perea, Mario, Hammann, Ariadna, Gurvich, Diego E.

“…As a group, cacti are regarded as plants that tolerate water scarcity, since they present a number of adaptations. However, little is known about how species…”
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Reproductive Biology in the Possible Last Healthy Population of Parodia rechensis (Cactaceae): Perspectives to Avoid Its Extinction by Becker, Rafael, Farias-Singer, Rosana, Gurvich, Diego E, Pittella, Renan, Calderon-Quispe, Fernando H, de Moraes Brandalise, Júlia, Singer, Rodrigo Bustos

“…All 32 Brazilian species of Speg (Cactaceae) occurring in Rio Grande do Sul State are considered threatened, according to the IUCN criteria. Until 2021, (CR)…”
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Mycorrhizal community resilience in response to experimental plant functional type removals in a woody ecosystem by Urcelay, Carlos, Díaz, Sandra, Gurvich, Diego E, Chapin III, F. Stuart, Cuevas, Elvira, Domínguez, Laura S

“…1. Dominant plant functional types (PFTs) are expected to be primary determinants of communities of other above- and below-ground organisms. Here, we report…”
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Leaf traits and herbivore selection in the field and in cafeteria experiments by Pérez-Harguindeguy, Natalia, Díaz, Sandra, Vendramini, Fernanda, Cornelissen, Johannes H. C., Gurvich, Diego E., Cabido, Marcelo

“…Despite the vast diversity and complexity of herbivores, plants and their interactions, most authors agree that a small number of components of leaf quality…”
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Are wildfires affecting seed germination in cactus? An experimental assessment by Roca, Julieta, Jaureguiberry, Pedro, Gurvich, Diego E.

“…Cacti are conspicuous plants across arid and semi‐arid ecosystems of the American continent and are currently under threat due to human pressures, such as…”
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Clandestine travelers, a boon for south and a bane for north? Warming-induced shifts in global invasion potential of Argentine ants by Nair, Rahul Raveendran, Gurvich, Diego E., Pereyra, Mariana, Sérsic, Alicia N.

“…The Argentine ant is one among the 100 worst invasive animal species of the world. It has invaded six continents, and poses significant threats to the native…”
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Is intraspecific variability an advantage in mountain invasions? Comparing functional trait variation in an invasive and a native woody species along multiple environmental gradients by Ferrero, María Cecilia, Tecco, Paula A., Gurvich, Diego E.

“…Alien plants that expand towards high elevations from surrounding lowlands must simultaneously tolerate climatic harshness and shifting environmental…”
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Changes in floristic composition and physiognomy are decoupled along elevation gradients in central Argentina by Giorgis, Melisa A., Cingolani, Ana M., Gurvich, Diego E., Tecco, Paula A., Chiapella, Jorge, Chiarini, Franco, Cabido, Marcelo

“…Questions: Most vegetation descriptions tacitly assume that floristic composition and physiognomy are tightly linked. However, the two vegetation properties…”
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Genetic variables, population features and reproductive success of Gymnocalycium monvillei (Cactaceae) along an altitudinal gradient by Bauk, Karen, Gurvich, Diego E, Liber, Zlatko, Šatović, Zlatko, Las Peñas, M Laura

“…Abstract Altitudinal gradients in mountain environments impose selection pressures that could result in marked heterogeneity in genetic characteristics,…”
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Looking for non-hermaphrodite cacti: multidisciplinary studies in Gymnocalycium bruchii endemic to central Argentina by Delbón, Natalia E., Aliscioni, Nayla L., Lorenzati, Marina, García, Sergio, Singer, Rodrigo B., Gurvich, Diego E.

“…Key message Through a multidisciplinary study we found that Gymnocalycium bruchii , an endemic cactus from central Argentina, acts as a dioecious species,…”
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A review of fire effects across South American ecosystems: the role of climate and time since fire by Giorgis, Melisa A., Zeballos, Sebastian R., Carbone, Lucas, Zimmermann, Heike, von Wehrden, Henrik, Aguilar, Ramiro, Ferreras, Ana E., Tecco, Paula A., Kowaljow, Esteban, Barri, Fernando, Gurvich, Diego E., Villagra, Pablo, Jaureguiberry, Pedro

“…Background Fire is an important driver of ecosystem dynamics worldwide. However, knowledge on broad-scale patterns of ecosystem and organism responses to fires…”
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La degradación de los bosques de altura del centro de Argentina reduce su capacidad de almacenamiento de agua by Poca, María, Cingolani, Ana M., Gurvich, Diego E., Whitworth-Hulse, Juan I., Saur Palmieri, Valentina

“…La capacidad del suelo de almacenar y regular el flujo de agua depende en gran medida de su su tasa de infiltración y profundidad. Los disturbios como el…”
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Survival and growth of cactus species after a wildfire in central Argentina: Differences among species and the effects of microenvironment characteristics by Zupichiatti, Veronica, Zeballos, Sebastian R., Whitworth‐Hulse, Juan I., Gurvich, Diego E.

“…There are about 2200 cactus species, and most of them occur in fire‐prone ecosystems. Nevertheless, there is scarce information about fire effects on the…”
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Is seed hydration memory dependent on climate? Testing this hypothesis with Mexican and Argentinian cacti species by Contreras-Quiroz, Mariana, Pando-Moreno, Marisela, Jurado, Enrique, Flores, Joel, Bauk, Karen, Gurvich, Diego E.

“…Seed hydration memory has been observed in some cacti species, but it remains unclear how general this process is. Our hypothesis is that hydration memory of…”
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Plant community resilience in the face of fire: experimental evidence from a semi-arid shrubland by Lipoma, M. Lucrecia, Gurvich, Diego E., Urcelay, Carlos, Díaz, Sandra

“…The ability of communities or ecosystems to recover their structure and function after a disturbance is known as resilience. According to different views,…”
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A 55‐year‐old natural experiment gives evidence of the effects of changes in fire frequency on ecosystem properties in a seasonal subtropical dry forest by Kowaljow, Esteban, Morales, Mariano S., Whitworth‐Hulse, Juan I., Zeballos, Sebastián R., Giorgis, Melisa A., Rodríguez Catón, Milagros, Gurvich, Diego E.

“…Fire frequency has been highlighted as an important component of fire effects on ecosystems; nevertheless, there is scarce information about how fire modulates…”
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Response to Vergara et al. (2015)—Fruiting phenology as a “triggering attribute” of invasion process: Do invasive species take advantage of seed dispersal service provided by native birds? by Gurvich, Diego E., Tecco, Paula A., Díaz, Sandra

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Can livestock grazing maintain landscape diversity and stability in an ecosystem that evolved with wild herbivores? by Cingolani, Ana M., Vaieretti, M. Victoria, Giorgis, Melisa A., Poca, María, Tecco, Paula A., Gurvich, Diego E.

“…The livestock industry is converting mountain ecosystems in central Argentina into rocky deserts. However, it helps to conserve plant biodiversity, presumably…”
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Unravelling the coordination between leaf and stem economics spectra through local and global scale approaches by Zeballos, Sebastián R., Giorgis, Melisa A., Cabido, Marcelo, Gurvich, Diego E.

“…The existence of a coordination between leaf and stem economic spectra in woody species has been postulated repeatedly in the literature, with contrasting…”
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Water storage dynamics across different types of vegetated patches in rocky highlands of central Argentina by Poca, María, Cingolani, Ana M., Gurvich, Diego E., Saur Palmieri, Valentina, Bertone, Gustavo

“…Rivers originating in the granitic highlands of seasonally dry central Argentina provide water to 2 million people. These highlands comprise a complex…”
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