• Above- and below-ground nutrient tissue concentration and leaf pigment changes in Patagonian woody seedlings grown under light and soil moisture gradients 

      Soler Esteban, Rosina Matilde; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José; Lencinas, María Vanessa; Moretto, Alicia Susana; Peri, Pablo Luis (Taylor & Francis, 2011-10-28)
      To understand the ecophysiology of natural regeneration above- and below-ground nutrient tissue concentration and leaf pigment changes in Nothofagus pumilio (lenga) seedlings grown in three light intensities (4%, 26% and ...
    • BAAD: A biomass and allometry database for woody plants. 

      Falster, Daniel S.; Duursma, Remko A.; Ishihara, Masae I.; Barneche, Diego R.; FitzJohn, Richard G.; Vårhammar, Angelica; Aiba, Masahiro.; Ando, Makoto; Anten, Niels; Aspinwall, Michael J.; Gargaglione, Veronica Beatriz; Peri, Pablo Luis; York, Robert A. (Ecological Society of America, 2015-05-01)
      Understanding how plants are constructed—i.e., how key size dimensions and the amount of mass invested in different tissues varies among individuals—is essential for modeling plant growth, carbon stocks, and energy fluxes ...
    • Biomasa y respiración microbiana : respuesta ante cambios en la humedad del suelo en la Estepa Magallánica Seca de Santa Cruz, Argentina 

      Toledo, Guillermo; Gargaglione, Veronica Beatriz; Peri, Pablo Luis; Toledo, Santiago (Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA), 2020-11-17)
      El carbono y el nitrógeno de la biomasa microbiana (CBM y NBM) del suelo son bioindicadores que tienen el potencial de mostrar cambios en el suelo de los ecosistemas, y están condicionados por la humedad disponible en el ...
    • Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope composition in plant and soil in Southern Patagonia’s native forests. 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Ladd, Brenton; Pepper, David A.; Bonser, Stephen P.; Laffan, Shawn W.; Amelung, Wulf (Wiley, 2012-01)
      Stable isotope natural abundance measurements integrate across several biogeochemical processes in ecosystem N and C dynamics. Here, we report trends in natural isotope abundance (d13C and d15N in plant and soil) along a ...
    • Changes in nutrient and fibre tissue contents in Nothofagus pumilio trees growing at site quality and crown class gradients 

      Chaves, Jimena Elizabeth; Lencinas, María Vanessa; Cellini, Juan Manuel; Peri, Pablo Luis; Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José (Elsevier, 2022-02-01)
      Estimation of biomass and nutrient contents in tree components are essential for evaluating the impact of harvesting on carbon fixation capacity, bio-element recycling, and long-term effect on the balance that influence ...
    • Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest tree symbioses 

      Steidinger, B. S.; Crowther, T. W.; Liang, J.; Van Nuland, M. E.; Werner, G. D. A.; Reich, P. B.; Nabuurs, G.; de-Miguel, S.; Zhou, M.; Picard, N.; Herault, B.; Zhao, X.; Zhang, C.; Routh, D.; Peri, Pablo Luis (Springer Nature, 2019-05-15)
      The identity of the dominant root-associated microbial symbionts in a forest determines the ability of trees to access limiting nutrients from atmospheric or soil pools1,2, sequester carbon3,4 and withstand the effects of ...
    • Convergence of soil nitrogen isotopes across global climate gradients 

      Craine, Joseph M.; Elmore, Andrew J.; Wang, Lixing; Augusto, Laurent; Baisden, Troy; Brookshire, E.N.J.; Cramer, Michael D.; Hasselquist, Niles; Hobbie, Erik A.; Kahmen, Ansgar; Kaba, Keisuke; Kranabetter, M.; Mack, M.; Marin-Spiotta, E.; Mayor, J.R.; McLauchlan, K.K.; Michelsen, A.; Nardoto, G.B.; Oliveira, R.S.; Perakis, S.S.; Peri, Pablo Luis; Quesada, C.; Richter, A.; Schipper, L.A.; Stevenson, B.A.; Turner, B.L.; Viani, R.A.G.; Wanek, W.; Zeller, B. (2015-02-06)
      Quantifying global patterns of terrestrial nitrogen (N) cycling is central to predicting future patterns of primary productivity, carbon sequestration, nutrient fluxes to aquatic systems, and climate forcing. With limited ...
    • Dominant native and non‐native graminoids differ in key leaf traits irrespective of nutrient availability 

      Broadbent, Arthur A.D.; Firn, Jennifer L.; McGree, James M.; Borer, Elizabeth T.; Buckley, Yvonne M.; Harpole, William Stanley; Komatsu, Kimberly J.; MacDougall, Andrew S., Andrew S.; Orwin, Kate H.; Ostle, Nicholas J.; Seabloom, Eric William; Bakker, Jonathan D.; Biederman, Lori; Caldeira, Maria C.; Eisenhauer, Nico; Hagenah, Nicole; Hautier, Yann; Moore, Joslin L.; Nogueira, Carla; Peri, Pablo Luis; Risch, Anita C.; Roscher, Christiane; Schütz, Martin; Stevens, Carly J. (Wiley, 2020-03-12)
      Nutrient enrichment is associated with plant invasions and biodiversity loss. Functional trait advantages may predict the ascendancy of invasive plants following nutrient enrichment but this is rarely tested. Here, we ...
    • Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes 

      Kwon, TaeOh; Shibata, Hideaki; Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian; Schmidt, Inger K.; Larsen, Klaus S; Beier, Claus; Berg, Björn; Verheyen, Kris; Lamarque, Jean-Francois; Hagedorn, Frank; Eisenhauer, Nico; Djukic, Ika; Peri, Pablo Luis (Frontiers Editorial, 2021-07-14)
      Litter decomposition is a key process for carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and is mainly controlled by environmental conditions, substrate quantity and quality as well as microbial community abundance ...
    • Foliar N⁄ P ratio and nutrient limitation to vegetation growth on Keerqin sandy grassland of North-east China. 

      Li, L.-J.; Zeng, D.-H.; Yu, Z.-Y.; Fan, Z.-P.; Mao, R.; Peri, Pablo Luis (Wiley, 2011-02-01)
      To examine whether the critical leaf N ⁄ P ratios (of 14, 16) are valid to test nutrient limitation in the context of semi-arid sandy grasslands, an experiment was conducted on a Keerqin sandy grassland in North-east China ...
    • General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales 

      Hautier, Yann; Zhang, Pengfei; Loreau, Michel; Wilcox, Kevin R.; Seabloom, Eric William; Borer, Elizabeth T.; Byrnes, Jarrett E.K.; Koerner, Sally E.; Komatsu, Kimberly J.; Lefcheck, Jonathan S.; Hector, Andy; Adler, Peter B.; Alberti, Juan; Arnillas, Carlos Alberto; Bakker, Jonathan D.; Brudvig, Lars A.; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Cadotte, Marc.; Caldeira, Maria C.; Carroll, Oliver; Crawley, Mick; Collins, Scott L.; Daleo, Pedro; Dee, Laura E.; Eisenhauer, Nico; Eskelinen, Anu; Fay, Philip A.; Gilbert, Benjamin; Hansar, Amandine; Isbell, Forest; Knops, Johannes M.H.; MacDougall, Andrew S.; McCulley, Rebecca L.; Moore, Joslin L.; Morgan, John W.; Mori, Akira S.; Peri, Pablo Luis; Pos, Edwin; Power, Sally A.; Price, Jodi N.; Reich, Peter B.; Risch, Anita C.; Roscher, Christiane; Sankaran, Mahesh; Schütz, Martin; Smith, Melinda D.; Stevens, Carly J.; Tognetti, Pedro Maximiliano; Virtanen, Risto; Wardle, Glenda M.; Wilfahrt, Peter A.; Wang, Shaopeng (Springer Nature, 2020-10-23)
      Eutrophication is a widespread environmental change that usually reduces the stabilizing effect of plant diversity on productivity in local communities. Whether this effect is scale dependent remains to be elucidated. Here, ...
    • Litter decomposition and nutrients dynamics in Nothofagus antarctica forests under silvopastoral use in Southern Patagonia. 

      Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro; Peri, Pablo Luis; Alvarez, Roberto; Barneix, Atilio Jose; Moretto, Alicia Susana; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José (Springer, 2012-01-24)
      The role of environmental variables on litter decomposition and its nutrient release in Nothofagus antarctica forest in Patagonia is poorly understood. Moreover, in these forests under silvopastoral use there are few ...
    • Mineral fertilization impacts microbial activity and endophytic fungi but not microbial biomass in semiarid grasslands 

      Toledo, Santiago; Gargaglione, Veronica Beatriz; Peri, Pablo Luis (Elsevier, 2024-01)
      Applications of mineral fertilizer to grasslands have become more frequent in recent decades to increase forage production. However, the impacts of mineral fertilizer on the soil microbiome is poorly understood in cold ...
    • Modeling soil nitrogen content in South Patagonia across a climate gradient, vegetation type, and grazing 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Rosas, Yamina Micaela; Ladd, Brenton; Toledo, Santiago; Lasagno, Romina Gisele; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José (MDPI, 2019-05)
      Soil total nitrogen (N) stock in rangelands, shrublands, and forests support key ecological functions such as the capacity of the land to sustain plant and animal productivity and ecosystem services. The objective of this ...
    • Nitrogen but not phosphorus addition affects symbiotic N2 fixation by legumes in natural and semi‑natural grasslands located on four continents 

      Vázquez, Eduardo; Schleuss, Per‑Marten; Borer, Elizabeth T.; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Caldeira, Maria. C.; Eisenhauer, Nico; Eskelinen, Anu; Fay, Philip A.; Haider, Sylvia; Jentsch, Anke; Kirkman, Kevin P.; McCulley, Rebecca L.; Peri, Pablo Luis; Price, Jodi; Richards, Anna E.; Risch, Anita C.; Roscher, Christiane; Schütz, Martin; Seabloom, Eric William; Standish, Rachel J.; Stevens, Carly J.; Tedder, Michelle J.; Virtanen, Risto; Spohn, Marie (Springer Nature, 2022-09)
      The amount of nitrogen (N) derived from symbiotic N2 fixation by legumes in grasslands might be affected by anthropogenic N and phosphorus (P) inputs, but the underlying mechanisms are not known. Methods We evaluated ...
    • Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands 

      Ebeling, Anne; Strauss, Alex T.; Adler, Peter B.; Arnillas, Carlos Alberto; Barrio, Isabel C.; Biederman, Lori A.; Borer, Elizabeth T.; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Caldeira, Maria C.; Cadotte, Marc W.; Peri, Pablo Luis; Blumenthal, Dana M. (British Ecological Society, 2022-02)
      1- Plant damage by invertebrate herbivores and pathogens influences the dynamics of grassland ecosystems, but anthropogenic changes in nitrogen and phosphorus availability can modify these relationships. 2- Using a globally ...
    • Photosynthetic response to different light intensities, water status and leaf age of two Berberis species (Berberidaceae) of Patagonia steppe, Argentina. 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Arena, Miriam Elizabeth; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José; Lencinas, María Vanessa (Elsevier, 2011-11)
      Net photosynthetic rate (A) and stomatal conductance (gs) from leaves of Berberis buxifolia and Berberis heterophylla saplings were measured under different conditions of radiation and water availability and for leaves of ...
    • Precipitation is the key determinant of topsoil δ15N values in southern Patagonia’s semiarid rangelands 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Duarte Guardia, Sandra; Amelung, Wulf; Ladd, Brenton (American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, 2022-02-11)
      Nitrogen (N) cycling in rangeland soils could potentially be controlled by water supply, stocking rates, or a range of other variables, such as ecosystem N stocks. To gauge the relative importance and elucidate possible ...
    • Rangeland grazing management in Argentine Patagonia 

      Bjerring, Anna Trier; Peri, Pablo Luis; Christiansen, Rodolfo; Vargas-Bello-Pérez, Einar; Hansen, Hanne Helene (IJAB. Friends science publishers, 2020-08-31)
      Stocking rate adjustment in grazing management is recommended as a management tool to sustain productivity and improve soil health of permanent grassland ecosystems. The aim of this project was to assess the effect of ...
    • Silvopastoral use of Nothofagus antarctica in Southern Patagonian forests, influence over net nitrogen soil mineralization 

      Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro; Peri, Pablo Luis; Alvarez, Roberto; Barneix, Atilio Jose; Moretto, Alicia Susana; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José (2013-04)
      In most temperate forest, nitrogen (N) is considered a limiting factor. This becomes important in extreme environments, as Nothofagus antarctica forests, where the antecedents are scarce. Thinning practices in N. antarctica ...