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 ...

Key message Prosopis tamarugo undergoes several modifications of its hydraulic architecture, which has a homeostatic effect on its performance under descent of phreatic level. Groundwater extraction for mining has generated ...

The main aim of this study is to develop a mechanistic model of fertilization for recommending the application of zinc (Zn) fertiliser for maize based on the mass balance of Zn. The model would consider the critical Zn ...