• Better estimates of soil carbon from geographical data: a revised global approach 

      Duarte Guardia, Sandra; Peri, Pablo Luis; Amelung, Wulf; Sheil, Douglas; Laffan, Shawn W.; Borchard, Nils; Bird, Michael I.; Dieleman, Wouter; Pepper, David A.; Zutta, Brian; Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel; Silva, Lucas C. R.; Bonser, Stephen P.; Berhongaray, Gonzalo; Piñeiro, Gervasio; Martinez, Maria Jose; Cowie, Annette L.; Ladd, Brenton (2018-05)
      Soils hold the largest pool of organic carbon (C) on Earth; yet, soil organic carbon (SOC) reservoirs are not well represented in climate change mitigation strategies because our database for ecosystems where human impacts ...
    • Biophysical and socioeconomic factors influencing soil carbon stocks: a global assessment 

      Duarte Guardia, Sandra; Peri, Pablo Luis; Amelung, Wulf; Thomas, Evert; Borchard, Nils; Baldi, Germán; Cowie, Annette L.; Ladd, Brenton (Springer, 2020-07-24)
      Soil is the most important terrestrial carbon (C) reservoir but is greatly impacted by land use change (LUC). Previous analyses of LUC impacts on soil C have focused on biophysical variables, leaving aside the influence ...
    • Biophysical and socioeconomic factors influencing soil carbon stocks: a global assessment. Appendix S1: Raw Dataset [Conjunto de datos] 

      Duarte Guardia, Sandra; Peri, Pablo Luis; Amelung, Wulf; Thomas, Evert; Borchard, Nils; Baldi, Germán; Cowie, Annette L.; Ladd, Brenton (Grupo de Investigación Forestal-Silvopastoril. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), EEA Santa Cruz; Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA); Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC-CONICET)., 2020)
      Supplementary information of the: Duarte-Guardia, S., Peri, P., Amelung, W. et al. Biophysical and socioeconomic factors influencing soil carbon stocks: a global assessment. Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change 25, 1129–1148 (2020).
    • 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 ...
    • Carbon footprint of lamb and Wool production at farm gate and the regional sale in southern Patagonia 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Rosas, Yamina Micaela; Ladd, Brenton; Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo; Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José (MDPI, 2020-04-11)
      Natural steppe grasslands are the principal food resource for sheep in the Patagonia region, reared for meat and wool. However, there is currently a concern about the relationship between ruminant livestock and climate ...
    • Carbon isotopic signatures of soil organic matter correlate with leaf area index across woody biomes 

      Ladd, Brenton; Peri, Pablo Luis; Pepper, David A.; Silva, Lucas C.R.; Sheil, Douglas; Bonser, Stephen P.; Laffan, Shawn W.; Amelung, Wulf; Ekblad, Alf; Eliasson, Peter; Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro; Duarte Guardia, Sandra; Bird, Michael I. (Wiley, 2014-11)
      Leaf area index (LAI), a measure of canopy density, is a key variable for modelling and understanding primary productivity, and also water use and energy exchange in forest ecosystems. However, LAI varies considerably with ...
    • Co-benefits of soil carbon protection for invertebrate conservation 

      Flores-Rios, Angelli; Thomas, Evert; Peri, Pablo Luis; Amelung, Wulf; Duarte Guardia, Sandra; Borchard, Nils; Lizárraga Travaglini, Alfonso; Vélez Azañero, Armando; Sheil, Douglas; Tscharntke, Teja; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Ladd, Brenton (Elsevier, 2020-12)
      The global decline in invertebrate diversity requires urgent conservation interventions. However, identifying priority conservation areas for invertebrates remains a significant challenge. We hypothesized that aligning the ...
    • The effects of land management (grazing intensity) vs. the effects of topography, soil properties, vegetation type, and climate on soil carbon concentration in Southern Patagonia 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Ladd, Brenton; Lasagno, Romina Gisele; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José (Elsevier, 2016-11)
      Grazing is an economically important activity in Southern Patagonia’s steppe and woodland ecosystems. In the past, emphasis has been on maximizing the provisioning capacity of these ecosystems with little concern for the ...
    • Estimates of soil carbon concentration in tropical and temperate forest and woodland from available GIS data on three continents 

      Ladd, Brenton; Laffan, Shawn W.; Amelung, Wulf; Peri, Pablo Luis; Silva, Lucas C. R.; Gervassi, Pina; Bonser, Stephen P.; Sheil, Douglas; Navall, Jorge Marcelo (2013-04)
      Aim: Concern about climate change, with the subsequent emergence of carbonmarkets and policy initiatives such as REDD (reducing carbon emissions bydecreasing deforestation and forest degradation), have focused attention ...
    • 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 ...
    • Modelling soil carbon content in south Patagonia and evaluating changes according to climate, vegetation, desertification and grazing 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Rosas, Yamina Micaela; Ladd, Brenton; Toledo, Santiago; Lasagno, Romina Gisele; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José (2018)
      In Southern Patagonia, a long-term monitoring network has been established to assess bio-indicators as an early warning of environmental changes due to climate change and human activities. Soil organic carbon (SOC) content ...
    • 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 ...
    • REDD+ en Latinoamérica: el caso de Perú 

      Ladd, Brenton; Peri, Pablo Luis (Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de Chile, 2013)
      La cuestión de cómo los países en vías de desarrollo como el Perú pueden participar efectivamente en el marco REDD+ (reducción de emisiones de la deforestación y degradación de bosques) de las Naciones Unidas ha sido el ...
    • Soil carbon is a useful surrogate for conservation planning in developing nations 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Lasagno, Romina Gisele; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José; Atkinson, Rachel; Thomas, Evert; Ladd, Brenton (Nature Research, 2019-03)
      Defining the optimal placement of areas for biodiversity conservation in developing nations remains a significant challenge. Our best methods for spatially targeting potential locations for biodiversity conservation rely ...
    • Structure and function of soil microbial communities in fertile islands in austral drylands 

      Toledo, Santiago; Peri, Pablo Luis; Correa, Olga S.; Montecchia, Marcela Susana; Gargaglione, Veronica Beatriz; Ladd, Brenton (Wiley, 2022-04-15)
      Fertile islands are an important determinant of ecosystem functioning in drylands. These resourcerich patches are maintained by complex interactions among biotic and abiotic factors. Soil microorganisms are responsible for ...
    • The relative importance of soil properties and regional climate as drivers of productivity in southern Patagonia’s Nothofagus antarctica forests 

      Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José; Lencinas, María Vanessa; Soler Esteban, Rosina Matilde; Rosas, Yamina Micaela; Ladd, Brenton; Duarte Guardia, Sandra; Peri, Pablo Luis (2018-06)
      Soil texture and temperature-related variables were the variables that most contributed to Nothofagus antarctica forest height in southern Patagonia. This information may be useful for improving forest management, for ...
    • Value of Biodiversity on Patagonian Rangeland: Estimation via a Hedonic Price Index 

      Duarte Guardia, Sandra; Peri, Pablo Luis; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José; Lasagno, Romina Gisele; Lencinas, María Vanessa; Thomas, Evert; Ladd, Brenton (Elsevier, 2024-01)
      Plant diversity has long been linked to an increase in ecosystem productivity and function, but concrete examples in which ecosystem services are linked to diversity at the scale at which management decisions are taken are ...