Browsing by Author "Kelt, Douglas A."

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    • The avifauna of Bosque Fray Jorge National Park and Chile's Norte Chico 
      Kelt, Douglas A.; Cofré, Hernán L.; Cornelius, Cintia; Engilis, Andrew, Jr.; Gutiérrez, Julio R.; Marquet, Pablo A.; Medel Contreras, Rodrigo; Meserve, Peter L.; Quirici, Verónica; Samaniego, Horacio; Vásquez Salfate, Rodrigo (ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD., 2016)
      The avifauna of Chile is relatively depauperate, comprising 469 extant species, of which 213 are terrestrial. However, the Coquimbo Region presents a broad ecological transition from the hyperarid Atacama Desert to the ...
    • Bottom-up control of consumers leads to top-down indirect facilitation of invasive annual herbs in semiarid Chile 
      Madrigal, Jaime; Kelt, Douglas A.; Meserve, Peter L.; Gutiérrez, Julio R.; Squeo, Francisco A. (ECOLOGICAL SOC AMER, 2011-02)
      The abundance of exotic plants is thought to be limited by competition with resident species (including plants and generalist herbivores). In contrast, observations in semiarid Chile suggest that a native generalist rodent, ...
    • Extreme climatic events shape arid and semiarid ecosystems 
      Holmgren, Milena; Stapp, Paul; Dickman, Chris R.; Gracia, Carlos; Graham, Sonia; Gutiérrez, Julio R.; Hice, Christine; Jaksic, Fabián; Kelt, Douglas A.; Letnic, Mike; Lima, Mauricio; López, Bernat C.; Meserve, Peter L.; Milstead, W. Bryan; Polis, Gary A.; Previtali, M. Andrea; Richter, Michael; Sabaté, Santi; Squeo, Francisco A. (ECOLOGICAL SOC AMER, 2006-03)
      Climatic changes associated with the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) can have a dramatic impact on terrestrial ecosystems worldwide, but especially on arid and semiarid systems, where productivity is strongly limited ...
    • A synthesis of ENSO effects on drylands in Australia, North America and South America 
      Holmgren, Milena; Stapp, Paul; Dickman, Chris R.; Gracia, Carlos; Graham, Sonia; Gutiérrez, Julio R.; Hice, C.; Jaksic, Fabián; Kelt, Douglas A.; Letnic, Mike; Lima, Mauricio; López, Bernat C.; Meserve, Peter L.; Milstead, W. Bryan; Polis, Gary A.; Previtali, M. Andrea; Richter, Michael; Sabaté, Santi; Squeo, Francisco A. (2006)