• Monitoring Patagonian Rangelands: The MARAS System 

      Oliva, Gabriel Esteban; Escobar, Juan Maria; Siffredi, Guillermo Lorenzo; Salomone, Jorge Manuel; Buono, Gustavo Gabriel (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 2006)
      Rangelands in Patagonia have been managed with a lack of regulation since the introduction of sheep in the late 1880’s. Most rangelands are under private freehold in ‘estancias’ and the rest are public and managed by small ...
    • 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 ...
    • Nothing lasts forever: Dominant species decline under rapid environmental change in global grasslands 

      Wilfahrt, Peter A.; Seabloom, Eric William; Bakker, Jonathan D.; Biederman, Lori A.; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Cadotte, Marc W.; Caldeira, Maria C.; Catford, Jane A.; Chen, Qingqing; Donohue, Ian; Peri, Pablo Luis; Borer, Elizabeth T. (British Ecological Society, 2023-11)
      1. Dominance often indicates one or a few species being best suited for resource capture and retention in a given environment. Press perturbations that change availability of limiting resources can restructure competitive ...
    • Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands 

      Sitters, Judith; Wubs, E.R. Jasper; Bakker, Elisabeth S.; Crowther, Thomas W.; Adler, Peter B.; Bagchi, Sumanta; Bakker, Jonathan D.; Biederman, Lori; Borer, Elizabeth T.; Cleland, Elsa E.; Eisenhauer, Nico; Firn, Jennifer L.; Gherardi, Laureano A.; Hagenah, Nicole; Hautier, Yann; Hobbie, Sarah E.; Knops, Johannes M.H.; MacDougall, Andrew S.; McCulley, Rebecca L.; Moore, Joslin L.; Mortensen, Brent; Peri, Pablo Luis; Prober, Suzanne M.; Riggs, Charlotte E.; Risch, Anita C.; Schütz, Martin; Seabloom, Eric William; Siebert, Julia; Stevens, Carly J.; Veen, G.F. (Ciska) (Wiley, 2020-02)
      Grasslands are subject to considerable alteration due to human activities globally, including widespread changes in populations and composition of large mammalian herbivores and elevated supply of nutrients. Grassland soils ...
    • 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 ...
    • Reserva provincial de Punta Gruesa, Santa Cruz: base para su conservación y manejo 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Ormaechea, Sebastián Gabriel; Monelos, Lucas H.; Paz, Franco; Gargaglione, Veronica Beatriz; Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro; Alvarado, Cristian; Gaitán, Fabián; Beroiz, Mario; Mattenet, Francisco Javier; Mayo, Juan Pablo; Pesin, Christian (Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable (SAyDS) de Nación-INTA, 2012)
      La Reserva Provincial Punta Gruesa (Meseta de Latorre, zona de 28 de Noviembre, Santa Cruz) fue creada a través de la promulgación de la Ley Nº 2637 del año 2002, de acuerdo a los términos de la Ley Nº 786. Si bien en el ...
    • Reserva Provincial Punta Gruesa: Una Mirada al bosque nativo y los pastizales naturales 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Paz, Franco (Ediciones Secretaria de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable – INTA, 2013-07-19)
      Este libro brinda una mirada sobre aspectos del Bosque Nativo y los Pastizales Naturales de la Reserva Provincial de Punta Gruesa de la provincia de Santa Cruz. Su elaboración se desprende de un trabajo multidisciplinario ...
    • Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilisation 

      Hodapp, Dorothee; Borer, Elizabeth T.; Harpole, William Stanley; Lind, Eric M.; Seabloom, Eric William; Adler, Peter B.; Alberti, Juan; Arnillas, Carlos Alberto; Bakker, Jonathan D.; Biederman, Lori; Cadotte, Marc; Cleland, Elsa E.; Collins, Scott; Fay, Philip A.; Firn, Jennifer L.; Hagenah, Nicole; Hautier, Yann; Iribarne, Oscar; Knops, Johannes M.H.; McCulley, Rebecca L.; MacDougall, Andrew S.; Moore, Joslin L.; Morgan, John W.; Mortensen, Brent; La Pierre, Kimberly J.; Risch, Anita C.; Schütz, Martin; Peri, Pablo Luis; Stevens, Carly J.; Wright, Justin P.; Hillebrand, Helmut (Wiley, 2018-09)
      Environmental change can result in substantial shifts in community composition. The associated immigration and extinction events are likely constrained by the spatial distribution of species. Still, studies on environmental ...
    • The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate 

      Spohn, Marie; Bagchi, Sumanta; Biederman, Lori A.; Borer, Elizabeth T.; Bråthen, Kari Anne; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Caldeira, Maria C.; Catford, Jane A.; Collins, Scott L.; Eisenhauer, Nico; Peri, Pablo Luis; Yahdjian, Laura (Springer Nature, 2023-10-19)
      Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved. Yet, this knowledge is of crucial importance in times of climate change ...
    • Trade-offs between management and conservation for the provision of ecosystem services in the southern Patagonian forests. 

      Rosas, Yamina Micaela; Peri, Pablo Luis; Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro; Cellini, Juan Manuel; Barrera, Marcelo Daniel; Huertas Herrera, Alejandro; Lencinas, María Vanessa; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José (Burleigh Dodds, 2020)
      Forests provide critical ecosystem services for human well-being; however, some ecosystem services are more valued (e.g. provisioning services) than others (e.g. regulating or supporting services). Temperate regions contain ...
    • 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 ...
    • Variation of grazing‐induced vegetation changes across a large‐scale productivity gradient 

      Lezama, Felipe; Baeza, Santiago; Altesor, Alice; Cesa, Ariela; Chaneton, Enrique José; Paruelo, José María (Wiley, 2014-01)
      Questions: Does the magnitude of grazing‐induced changes in species composition vary with habitat productivity? How does the sign and magnitude of grazing effects on species richness and beta‐diversity change with increasing ...
    • Vegetation type mapping in Southern Patagonia and its relationship with ecosystem services, soil carbon stock, and biodiversity 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Gaitan, Juan José; Diaz, Boris Gaston; Almonacid, Leandro; Morales, Cristian Gabriel; Ferrer, Francisco; Lasagno, Romina Gisele; Rodríguez‑Souilla, Julián; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José (MDPI, 2024-02-29)
      Vegetation Type (VT) mapping using Optical Earth observation data is essential for the management and conservation of natural resources, as well as for the evaluation of the supply of provisioning ecosystem services (ESs), ...