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Seed bank of desert annual plants along an aridity gradient in the southern Atacama coastal desert by Sotomayor, Diego A., Gutiérrez, Julio R.

“…Questions: What is the species composition and density of the seed bank in one of the most arid deserts of the world: the Atacama Desert? Do composition and…”
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Rainfall, microhabitat, and small mammals influence the abundance and distribution of soil microorganisms in a Chilean semi-arid shrubland by Aguilera, Lorgio E., Armas, Cristina, Cea, Alex P., Gutiérrez, Julio R., Meserve, Peter L., Kelt, Douglas A.

“…Patterns in rainfall and soil water availability are considered to be the main drivers governing arid and semiarid ecosystems. While the mechanisms by which…”
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Vegetation of Bosque Fray Jorge National Park and its surrounding matrix in the Coastal Desert of north-central Chile by Squeo, Francisco A., Loayza, Andrea P., López, Ramiro P., Gutiérrez, Julio R.

“…Within its almost 9000 ha, Bosque Fray Jorge National Park (BFJNP) possesses a natural mosaic of vegetation formations dominated by thorn scrub (63.3% of the…”
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Biotic interactions and community dynamics in the semiarid thorn scrub of Bosque Fray Jorge National Park, north-central Chile: A paradigm revisited by Meserve, Peter L., Kelt, Douglas A., Gutiérrez, Julio R., Previtali, M. Andrea, Milstead, W. Bryan

“…In 1989, we initiated a long-term field experiment in a semiarid thorn scrub community in north-central Chile. We posited that biotic interactions,…”
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Twenty-five years of research in the north-central Chilean semiarid zone: The Fray Jorge Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research (LTSER) site and Norte Chico by Armas, Cristina, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Kelt, Douglas A., Meserve, Peter L.

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Shrub–ephemeral plants interactions in semiarid north-central Chile: Is the nurse plant syndrome manifested at the community level? by Madrigal-González, Jaime, Kelt, Douglas A., Meserve, Peter L., Squeo, Francisco A., Gutiérrez, Julio R.

“…Models of plant–plant interactions suggest that nurse plants are critical for the maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem functions in arid and semiarid…”
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Patterns in arthropod abundance and biomass in the semiarid thorn scrub of Bosque Fray Jorge National Park, north-central Chile: A preliminary assessment by Meserve, Peter L., Vásquez, Hernán, Kelt, Douglas A., Gutiérrez, Julio R., Milstead, W. Bryan

“…In 2003, we initiated a sampling protocol for arthropods as part of long-term field experiment in a semiarid thorn scrub community in north-central Chile. We…”
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Differential effect of shade, water and soil type on emergence and early survival of three dominant species of the Atacama Desert by López, Ramiro Pablo, Squeo, Francisco A., Gutiérrez, Julio R.

“…Understanding the regeneration niche of species may allow us to gain insight into how communities are structured. In deserts, the regeneration niche is usually…”
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El Niño effects on the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems by Holmgren, Milena, Scheffer, Marten, Ezcurra, Exequiel, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Mohren, Godefridus M.J.

“…New studies are showing that the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has major implications for the functioning of different ecosystems, ranging from deserts…”
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Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands by Maestre, Fernando T., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Jeffries, Thomas C., Eldridge, David J., Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, Quero, José Luis, García-Gómez, Miguel, Gallardo, Antonio, Ulrich, Werner, Bowker, Matthew A., Arredondo, Tulio, Barraza-Zepeda, Claudia, Bran, Donaldo, Florentino, Adriana, Gaitán, Juan, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Jankju, Mohammad, Mau, Rebecca L., Miriti, Maria, Naseri, Kamal, Ospina, Abelardo, Stavi, Ilan, Wang, Deli, Woods, Natasha N., Yuan, Xia, Zaady, Eli, Singh, Brajesh K.

“…Soil bacteria and fungi play key roles in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, yet our understanding of their responses to climate change lags…”
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Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands by Maestre, Fernando T., Quero, José L., Gotelli, Nicholas J., Escudero, Adrián, Ochoa, Victoria, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, García-Gómez, Miguel, Bowker, Matthew A., Soliveres, Santiago, Escolar, Cristina, García-Palacios, Pablo, Berdugo, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Gozalo, Beatriz, Gallardo, Antonio, Aguilera, Lorgio, Arredondo, Tulio, Blones, Julio, Boeken, Bertrand, Bran, Donaldo, Conceição, Abel A., Cabrera, Omar, Chaieb, Mohamed, Derak, Mchich, Eldridge, David J., Espinosa, Carlos I., Florentino, Adriana, Gaitán, Juan, Gatica, M. Gabriel, Ghiloufi, Wahida, Gómez-González, Susana, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Hernández, Rosa M., Huang, Xuewen, Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Jankju, Mohammad, Miriti, Maria, Monerris, Jorge, Mau, Rebecca L., Morici, Ernesto, Naseri, Kamal, Ospina, Abelardo, Polo, Vicente, Prina, Aníbal, Pucheta, Eduardo, Ramírez-Collantes, David A., Romão, Roberto, Tighe, Matthew, Torres-Díaz, Cristian, Val, James, Veiga, José P., Wang, Deli, Zaady, Eli

“…Experiments suggest that biodiversity enhances the ability of ecosystems to maintain multiple functions, such as carbon storage, productivity, and the buildup…”
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Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands by Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Maestre, Fernando T., Gallardo, Antonio, Bowker, Matthew A., Wallenstein, Matthew D., Quero, Jose Luis, Ochoa, Victoria, Gozalo, Beatriz, García-Gómez, Miguel, Soliveres, Santiago, García-Palacios, Pablo, Berdugo, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Escolar, Cristina, Arredondo, Tulio, Barraza-Zepeda, Claudia, Bran, Donaldo, Carreira, José Antonio, Chaieb, Mohamed, Conceição, Abel A., Derak, Mchich, Eldridge, David J., Escudero, Adrián, Espinosa, Carlos I., Gaitán, Juan, Gatica, M. Gabriel, Gómez-González, Susana, Guzman, Elizabeth, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Florentino, Adriana, Hepper, Estela, Hernández, Rosa M., Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Jankju, Mohammad, Liu, Jushan, Mau, Rebecca L., Miriti, Maria, Monerris, Jorge, Naseri, Kamal, Noumi, Zouhaier, Polo, Vicente, Prina, Aníbal, Pucheta, Eduardo, Ramírez, Elizabeth, Ramírez-Collantes, David A., Romão, Roberto, Tighe, Matthew, Torres, Duilio, Torres-Díaz, Cristian, Ungar, Eugene D., Val, James, Wamiti, Wanyoike, Wang, Deli, Zaady, Eli

“…Soil samples collected from 224 dryland sites around the world show that aridity affects the concentration of organic carbon and total nitrogen differently…”
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Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands by Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Soliveres, Santiago, Eldridge, David J., Bowker, Matthew A., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Gross, Nicolas, Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Arredondo, Tulio, Quero, José L., García-Gómez, Miguel, Valencia, Enrique, Beinticinco, Laura, Bran, Donaldo, Cea, Alex, Coaguila, Daniel, Gaitán, Juan, Dougill, Andrew J., Espinosa, Carlos I., Guuroh, Reginald T., Guzman, Elizabeth, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Hernández, Rosa M., Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Linstädter, Anja, Jeffries, Thomas, Mau, Rebecca L., Monerris, Jorge, Prina, Aníbal, Pucheta, Eduardo, Stavi, Ilan, Thomas, Andrew D., Singh, Brajesh K., Maestre, Fernando T., Zaady, Eli

“…1. Dryland vegetation is characterized by discrete plant patches that accumulate and capture soil resources under their canopies. These "fertile islands" are…”
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Enhanced facilitation at the extreme end of the aridity gradient in the Atacama Desert: a community‐level approach by López, Ramiro Pablo, Squeo, Francisco A., Armas, Cristina, Kelt, Douglas A., Gutiérrez, Julio R.

“…Plant facilitation is now recognized as an important process in severe environments. However, there is still no agreement on how facilitation changes as…”
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Extreme climatic events change the dynamics and invasibility of semi-arid annual plant communities by Jiménez, Milagros A., Jaksic, Fabian M., Armesto, Juan J., Gaxiola, Aurora, Meserve, Peter L., Kelt, Douglas A., Gutiérrez, Julio R.

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1227–1235 Extreme climatic events represent disturbances that change the availability of resources. We studied their effects on…”
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Population Dynamics of Two Sympatric Rodents in a Variable Environment: Rainfall, Resource Availability, and Predation by Previtali, M. Andrea, Lima, Mauricio, Meserve, Peter L., Kelt, Douglas A., Gutiérrez, Julio R.

“…Precipitation plays an important role in the dynamics of species found in arid and semiarid environments. However, population fluctuations generally are driven…”
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Integrating Ecology and Environmental Ethics: Earth Stewardship in the Southern End of the Americas by Rozzi, Ricardo, Armesto, Juan J, Gutiérrez, Julio R, Massardo, Francisca, Likens, Gene E, Anderson, Christopher B, Poole, Alexandria, Moses, Kelli P, Hargrove, Eugene, Mansilla, Andres O, Kennedy, James H, Willson, Mary, Jax, Kurt, Jones, Clive G, Callicott, J. Baird, Arroyo, Mary T. K

“…The South American temperate and sub-Antarctic forests cover the longest latitudinal range in the Southern Hemisphere and include the world's southernmost…”
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Modulating effects of ontogeny on the outcome of plant–plant interactions along stress gradients by Armas, Cristina, Schob, Christian, Gutierrez, Julio R

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Species interactions across trophic levels mediate rainfall effects on dryland vegetation dynamics by Farías, Ariel A., Armas, Cristina, Gaxiola, Aurora, Cea, Alex P., Cortés, Jose Luis, López, Ramiro P., Casanoves, Fernando, Holmgren, Milena, Meserve, Peter L., Gutiérrez, Julio R., Kelt, Douglas A.

“…Arid ecosystems are strongly limited by water availability, and precipitation plays a major role in the dynamics of all species in arid regions, as well as the…”
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Functional traits determine plant co-occurrence more than environment or evolutionary relatedness in global drylands by Soliveres, Santiago, Maestre, Fernando T., Bowker, Matthew A., Torices, Rubén, Quero, José L., García-Gómez, Miguel, Cabrera, Omar, Cea, Alex P., Coaguila, Daniel, Eldridge, David J., Espinosa, Carlos I., Hemmings, Frank, Monerris, Jorge J., Tighe, Matthew, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Escolar, Cristina, García-Palacios, Pablo, Gozalo, Beatriz, Ochoa, Victoria, Blones, Julio, Derak, Mchich, Ghiloufi, Wahida, Gutiérrez, Julio R., Hernández, Rosa M., Noumi, Zouhaier

“…Plant–plant interactions are driven by environmental conditions, evolutionary relationships (ER) and the functional traits of the plants involved. However,…”
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