Eight Clavariaceae are reported for Chile, six of them for the first time in this country, of these one species and one variety are new to science, they are Clava1·ia pumanquensis Lazo and Rm1w.1··ia flaccida (Fr.) Ricken ...

Aim: Despite several recent efforts to map plant traits and to identify their climatic drivers, there are still major gaps. Global trait patterns for major functional groups, in particular, the differences between woody ...

The application of Earth observation sensor data in quantitative approaches calls on the conversion of original digital numbers to radiometric quantities such as radiance or reflectance. This conversion depends on the ...

Motivation: Assessing biodiversity status and trends in plant communities is critical for understanding, quantifying and predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems. Vegetation plots record the occurrence or ...

Aggregate hierarchy and porosity changes in aggregate beds as a consequence of wetting-drying cycles were studied in two Andisols and one Mollisol from Chile, collected at two depths. Bulk density and indirect tensile ...

For an adequate management of natural grasslands, the knowledge and understanding of the dietary habits of herbivores and their trophic interactions are fundamental. During two summer seasons, in a mountain range of a ...

Ground-based monitoring and remote sensing of extreme rain events in the hyperarid Atacama Desert, Chile, reveal a complex relationship between precipitation, soil types and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) ...

The maintenance of cold chain and temperature uniformity during transport of fresh fruit are critical factors to extend shelf life and maintain quality to reach distant international markets. The types of load patterns in ...

For Review. Confidential The relative abilities of two enological tannins to interact with a single gelatin were compared with their relative abilities to elicit astringency. A trained sensory panel assessed astringency whereas ...