Browsing by Subject "Climate change"

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    • Change of niche in guanaco (Lama guanicoe): the effects of climate change on habitat suitability and lineage ... 
      Castillo, Andrea; Alo, Dominique; González Pérez, Benito; Samaniego, Horacio (PEERJ, 2018)
      Background: The main goal of this contribution was to define the ecological niche of the guanaco (Lama guanicoe), to describe potential distributional changes, and to assess the relative importance of niche conservatism ...
    • Climate variability and forest fires in central and south-central Chile 
      Urrutia-Jalabert, Rocío; González, Mauro E.; González-Reyes, Álvaro; Lara, Antonio; Garreaud Salazar, René (Wiley, 2018-04)
      This paper evaluates the relationship between fire occurrence (number and burned area) and climate variability (precipitation and maximum temperatures) across central and south-central Chile (32 degrees-43 degrees S) during ...
    • Water allocation under climate change: a diagnosis of the chilean system 
      Barría Sandoval, Pilar Andrea; Barría Sandoval, Ignacio; Guzmán, Carlos; Chadwick I, Cristián; Álvarez Garretón, Camila; Díaz Vasconcellos, Raúl Andrés; Ocampo Melgar, Anahi; Fuster Gómez, Rodrigo (University of California, USA, 2021)
      Chile is positioned in the 20th rank of water availability per capita. Nonetheless, water security levels vary across the territory. Around 70% of the national population lives in arid and semiarid regions, where a persistent ...
    • Water crisis in Petorca basin, Chile: The combined effects of a mega-drought and water management 
      Muñoz, Ariel A.; Klock Barría, Karin; Alvarez Garretón, Camila; Aguilera Betti, Isabella; González Reyes, Álvaro; Lastra, José A.; Chávez, Roberto O.; Barría Sandoval, Pilar; Christie, Duncan; Rojas Badilla, Moisés; LeQuesne, Carlos (MDPI, 2020)
      Since 2010, Chile has experienced one of the most severe droughts over the last century, the so-called mega-drought (MD). The MD conditions, combined with intensive agricultural activities and the current water management ...