• Aridity and overgrazing have convergent effects on ecosystem structure and functioning in Patagonian rangelands 

      Gaitan, Juan Jose; Bran, Donaldo Eduardo; Oliva, Gabriel Esteban; Aguiar, Martín Roberto; Buono, Gustavo Gabriel; Ferrante, Daniela; Nakamatsu, Viviana Beatriz; Ciari, Georgina; Salomone, Jorge Manuel; Massara Paletto, Virginia; Garcia Martinez, Guillermo Carlos; Maestre, Fernando Tomás (2018-02)
      Over 65% of drylands are used for grazing of managed livestock. Understanding what drives grazing effects on the structure and functioning of rangelands is critical for achieving their sustainability. We studied a network ...
    • Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Topsoil Organic Carbon Concentration in Drylands Have Similar Effects at Regional and Global Scales 

      Gaitan, Juan Jose; Maestre, Fernando Tomás; Bran, Donaldo Eduardo; Buono, Gustavo Gabriel; Dougill, Andrew J.; Garcia Martinez, Guillermo Carlos; Ferrante, Daniela; Guuroh, Reginald Tang; Linstadter, Anja; Massara Paletto, Virginia; Thomas, Andrew David; Oliva, Gabriel Esteban (Springer, 2019-11)
      Drylands contain 25% of the world’s soil organic carbon (SOC), which is controlled by many factors, both abiotic and biotic. Thus, understanding how these factors control SOC concentration can help to design more sustainable ...
    • Patagonian Desert 

      Gaitan, Juan Jose; Bran, Donaldo Eduardo; Oliva, Gabriel Esteban (Elsevier, 2019)
      The Argentinian Patagonia is a vast area (790,000-km2) of southern South America between 36° and 55°S. Almost 90% of the area is arid, semiarid or dry- subhumid (drylands) and covers important and heterogeneous ecological ...
    • La variación temporal del índice NDVI predice los cambios temporales de la cobertura vegetal en las tierras secas de la Patagonia argentina 

      Gaitan, Juan Jose; Ciano, Nicolas Francisco; Oliva, Gabriel Esteban; Bran, Donaldo Eduardo; Butti, Lucas Ramiro; Cariac, German; Caruso, Cecilia Alejandra; Opazo, Walter Javier; Ferrante, Daniela; Echevarria, Daniela Carola; Buono, Gustavo Gabriel; Fantozzi, Anabella Giselle; Guirado, Emilio; Maestre, Fernando T. (Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre (AEET), 2021-08-23)
      La variación temporal del índice NDVI predice los cambios temporales de la cobertura vegetal en las tierras secas de la Patagonia argentina. En las tierras secas, la vegetación natural es una fuente importante de sustento ...