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    • Bown Intveen, Horacio; Franck Berger, Nicolás; Fuentes Espoz, Juan; Pérez Quezada, Jorge (2014)
      Sclerophyllous shrubs and forests are predominant in semiarid Central Chile and have a long history of degradation by fire, cultivation, firewood extraction and grazing. The aim of this study was to compare the amount ...
    • Sanguesa, Claudia; Pizarro, Roberto; Ibañez, Alfredo; Pino, Juan; Rivera, Diego; García Chevesich, Pablo; Ingram, Ben (MDPI, 2018)
      This study aims to determine if there is variation in precipitation concentrations in Chile. We analyzed daily and monthly records from 89 pluviometric stations in the period 1970-2016 and distributed between 29 degrees ...
    • Zhu, Zhi-Xin; Harris, A. J.; Nizamani, Mir Muhammad; Thornhill, Andrew H.; Scherson Vicencio, Rosa; Wang, Hua-Feng (Wiley, 2021)
      To better identify biodiversity hotspots for conservation on Hainan Island, a tropical island in southern China, we assessed spatial variation in phylogenetic diversity and species richness using 18,976 georeferenced ...
    • Scherson Vicencio, Rosa; Thornhill, Andrew H.; Urbina Casanova, Rafael; Freyman, William A.; Pliscoff, Patricio; Mishler, Brent D. (Elsevier, 2017)
      Current geographic patterns of biodiversity are a consequence of the evolutionary history of the lineages that comprise them. This study was aimed at exploring how evolutionary features of the vascular flora of Chile are ...
    • Escobedo, Francisco J.; Palmas Pérez, Sebastián; Dobbs, Cynnamon; Gezan, Salvador; Hernández Palma, Héctor (MDPI, 2016)
      There is little information on how urban forest ecosystems in South America and Mediterranean climates change across both space and time. This study statistically and spatially analyzed the spatio-temporal dynamics of ...
    • Cortés L., Acuña M.P., Hernández H.J. (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2020)
    • Cerda Jiménez, Claudia; Bidegain, Iñigo (Springer, 2018)
      In most conservation programs that include public participation, the word "biodiversity" is used. However, many variables influence the public understanding of the term and determine what biodiversity means to local ...
    • Bown Intveen, Horacio; Watt, Michael (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía Ingeniería Forestal, 2016)
      Stem CO2 efflux is a highly variable component of the carbon budget of forest ecosystems. It reflects the balance between the CO2 respired by the living stem tissues, less the CO2 dissolved in the xylem sap moving upward ...
    • Latifi, Hooman; Fassnachtb, Fabian; Hartig, Florian; Berger, Christian; Hernández, Jaime; Corvalán Vera, Carlos; Koch, Barbara (Elsevier, 2015)
      Remote sensing-assisted estimates of aboveground forest biomass are essential for modeling carbon budgets. It has been suggested that estimates can be improved by building species- or strata-specific biomass models. ...
    • Huerta Fuentes, Amanda; Chiffelle Gómez, Italo; Serrano Garzón, Maryi; Vázquez Silva, Tatiana; Araya Clericus, Jaime (COLEGIO DE POSTGRADUADOS, 2008-05)
      In Chile, the Australian weevil Gonipterus scutellatus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), specific to eucalyptus, was first detected in 1998. It has spread trough the IV to IX Regions and could affect more than 525 ...
    • Dillon, Michael O.; Luebert Bruron, Federico José (2014)
      A synopsis of Plazia Ruiz & Pav. (Onoserideae, Asteraceae) is presented, including the description of a new species, Plazia robinsonii M.O.Dillon & Sagást., from a locality c. 20 km west of Huamachuco, Department of La ...
    • Marín, Juan C.; Zapata, Beatriz; González, Benito; Bonacic, Cristian; Wheeler, Jane C.; Casey, Ciara; Bruford, Michael W.; Palma, R. Eduardo; Poulin, Elie; Alliende Rodríguez, María Angélica; Spotorno Oyarzún, Ángel (2007)
      Four camelid species exist in South America: two wild, the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and the vicuna (Victigna vicugna), and two domestic, the alpaca (Lama pacos) and the llama (Lama glama). However, the origin of the domestic ...
    • González, Benito; Palma, R. Eduardo; Zapata, Beatriz; Marín, Juan C. (BLACKWELL, 2006-04)
      1. We review the status of the four currently recognized guanaco Lama guanicoe subspecies, and provide information about their taxonomy and distribution. The success of guanaco in inhabiting open habitats of South America ...
    • Julio Alvear, Guillermo; Molina Martínez, Juan Ramón; Castillo Soto, Miguel; Rodríguez y Silva, Francisco (Elsevier, 2013-01)
      A forest fire riskmodelwas designed and applied to a South AmericanMediterranean ecosystem, taking into consideration three analysis groups: fire risk; danger of fire spread, or propagation; and damage potential over ...
    • Grace, Molly K.; Akçakaya, H. Resit; Bennett, Elizabeth L.; Brooks, Thomas M.; Heath, Anna; Hedges, Simón; Hilton Taylor, Craig; Hoffmann, Michael; Hochkirch, Axel; Jenkins, Richard; Keith, David A.; Long, Barney; Mallon, David P.; Meijaard, Erik; Milner Gulland, E. J.; Rodríguez, Jon Paul; Stephenson, P. J.; Stuart, Simón N; Young, Richard P.; Acebes, Pablo; Alfaro Shigueto, Joanna; Álvarez Clare, Silvia; Andriantsimanarilafy, Raphali Rodlis; Arbetman, Marina; Azat, Claudio; Bacchetta, Gianluigi; Badola, Ruchi; Barcelos, Luis M. D.; Barreiros, Joao Pedro; Basak, Sayanti; Berger, Danielle J.; Bhattacharyya, Sabuj; Bino, Gilad; Borges, Paulo A. V.; Boughton, Raoul K.; Brockmann, H. Jane; Buckley, Hannah L.; Burfield, Ian J.; Burton, James; Camacho Badani, Teresa; Cano Alonso, Luis Santiago; Carmichael, Ruth H.; Carrero, Christina; Carroll, John P.; Catsadorakis, Giorgos; Chapple, David G.; Chapron, Guillaume; Chowdhury, Gawsia Wahidunnessa; Claassens, Louw; Cogoni, Donatella; Constantine, Rochelle; Craig, Christie Anne; Cunningham, Andrew A.; Dahal, Nishma; Daltry, Jennifer C.; Das, Goura Chandra; Dasgupta, Niladri; Davey, Alexandra; Davies, Katharine; Develey, Pedro; Elangovan, Vanitha; Fairclough, David; Di Febbraro, Mirko; Fenu, Giuseppe; Fernandes, Fernando Moreira; Fernández, Eduardo Pinheiro; Finucci, Brittany; Földesi, Rita; Foley, Catherine M.; Ford, Matthew; Forstner, Michael R. J.; García, Néstor; García Sandoval, Ricardo; Gardner, Penny C.; Garibay Orijel, Roberto; Gatan Balbas, Marites; Gauto, Irene; Ullah Ghazi, Mirza Ghazanfar; Godfrey, Stephanie S.; Gollock, Matthew; González Pérez, Benito Alejandro; Grant, Tandora D.; Gray, Thomas; Gregory, Andrew J.; Van Grunsven, Roy H. A.; Gryzenhout, Marieka; Guernsey, Noelle C.; Gupta, Garima; Hagen, Christina; Hagen, Christian A.; Hall, Madison B.; Hallerman, Eric; Hare, Kelly; Hart, Tom; Hartdegen, Ruston; Harvey Brown, Yvette; Hatfield, Richard; Hawke, Tahneal; Hermes, Claudia; Hitchmough, Rod; Hoffmann, Pablo Melo; Howarth, Charlie; Hudson, Michael A.; Hussain, Syed Ainul; Huveneers, Charlie; Jacques, Hélène; Jorgensen, Dennis; Katdare, Suyash; Katsis, Lydia K. D.; Kaul, Rahul; Kaunda Arara, Boaz; Keith Diagne, Lucy; Kraus, Daniel T.; Moreira de Lima, Thales; Lindeman, Ken; Linsky, Jean; Louis Jr., Edward; Loy, Anna; Lughadha, Eimear Nic; Mangel, Jeffrey C.; Marinari, Paul E.; Martin, Gabriel M.; Martinelli, Gustavo; McGowan, Philip J. K.; McInnes, Alistair; Barbosa Mendes, Eduardo Teles; Millard, Michael J.; Mirande, Claire; Money, Daniel; Monks, Joanne M; Morale, Carolina Laura; Mumu, Nazia Naoreen; Negrao, Raquel; Nguyen, Anh Ha; Hasan Nilo, Md. Nazmul; Norbury, Grant Leslie; Nordmeyer, Cale; Norris, Darren; O’Brien, Mark; Oda, Gabriela Akemi; Orsenigo, Simone; Outerbridge, Mark Evan; Pasachnik, Stesha; Pérez Jiménez, Juan Carlos; Pike, Charlotte; Pilkington, Fred; Plumb, Glenn; Quitete Portela, Rita de Cassia; Prohaska, Ana; Quintana, Manuel G.; Rakotondrasoa, Eddie Fanantenana; Ranglack, Dustin H.; Rankou, Hassan; Rawat, Ajay Prakash; Reardon, James Thomas; Lopes Rheingantz, Marcelo; Richter, Stephen C.; Rivers, Malin C.; Rogers, Luke Rollie; Da Rosa, Patricia; Rose, Paul; Royer, Emily; Ryan, Catherine; De Mitcheson, Yvonne J. Sadovy; Salmon, Lily; Salvador, Carlos Henrique; Samways, Michael J.; Sanjuan, Tatiana; Souza Dos Santos, Amanda; Sasaki, Hiroshi; Schutz, Emmanuel; Scott, Heather Ann; Scott, Robert Michael; Serena, Fabrizio; Sharma, Surya P.; Shuey, John A.; Silva, Carlos Julio Polo; Simaika, John P.; Smith, David R.; Spaet, Julia L.Y.; Sultana, Shanjida; Talukdar, Bibhab Kumar; Tatayah, Vikash; Thomas, Philip; Tringali, Angela; Trinh Dinh, Hoang; Tuboi, Chongpi; Usmani, Aftab Alam; Vasco Palacios, Aída M.; Vié, Jean Christophe; Virens, Jo; Walker, Alan; Wallace, Bryan; Waller, Lauren J.; Wang, Hongfeng; Wearn, Oliver R.; Van Weerd, Merlijn; Weigmann, Simon; Willcox, Daniel; Woinarski, John; Yong, Jean W. H.; Young, Stuart (Wiley, 2021)
      Recognizing the imperative to evaluate species recovery and conservation impact, in 2012 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) called for development of a “Green List of Species” (now the IUCN Green ...
    • Chacón, Juliana; Luebert Bruron, Federico José; Hilger, Hartmut; Ovchinnikova, Svetlana; Selvi, Federico; Cecchi, Lorenzo; Guilliams, C. Matt; Hasenstab-Lehman, Kristen; Sutorý, Karel; Simpson, Michael; Weigend, Maximilian (International Association for Plant Taxonomy, 2016)
      Boraginaceae s.str. is a subcosmopolitan family of 1600 to 1700 species in around 90 genera, and recent phylogenetic studies indicate that the infrafamilial classification as currently used is highly obsolete. The present ...
    • García Mora, Alejandro; Carmona, R. J.; Lienqueo Contreras, María Elena; Salazar, O. (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2011-04)
      Chile depends on foreign sources for energy. A solution for this problem is needed to guarantee stability and economic development. Public policies have been proposed involving diversification of the power matrix with an ...
    • Morbidelli, Renato; García Marín, Amanda Penélope; Al Mamun, Abdullah; Atiqur, Rahman Mohammad; Ayuso Muñoz, José Luis; Taouti, Mohamed Bachir; Baranowski, Piotr; Bellocchi, Gianni; Sanguesa Pool, Claudia; Bennett, Brett; Oyunmunkh, Byambaa; Bonaccorso, Brunella; Brocca, Luca; Caloiero, Tommaso; Caporali, Enrica; Caracciolo, Domenico; Casas Castillo, M. Carmen; Catalini, Carlos G.; Chettih, Mohamed; Chowdhury, A. F. M. Kamal; Chowdhury, Rezaul; Corradini, Corrado; Custo, Jeffrey; Dari, Jacopo; Diodato, Nazzareno; Doesken, Nolan; Dumitrescu, Alexandru; Estévez, Javier; Flammini, Alessia; Fowler, Hayley J.; Freni, Gabriele; Fusto, Francesco; García Barrón, Leoncio; Manea, Ancuta; Goenster Jordan, Sven; Hinson, Stuart; Kanecka Geszke, Ewa; Kar, Kanak Kanti; Kasperska Wolowicz, Wieslawa; Krabbi, Miina; Krzyszczak, Jaromir; Llabres Brustenga, Alba; Ledesma, José L. J.; Liu, Tie; Lompi, Marco; Marsico, Loredana; Mascaro, Giuseppe; Moramarco, Tommaso; Newman, Noah; Orzan, Alina; Pampaloni, Matteo; Pizarro Tapia, Roberto; Puentes Torres, Antonio; Rashid, Md Mamunur; Rodríguez Sola, Raúl; Sepúlveda Manzor, Juan; Siwek, Krzysztof; Sousa, Arturo; Timbadiya, P.; Vilcea, Marina Georgiana; Viterbo, Francesca; Yoo, Chulsang; Zeri, Marcelo; Zittis, Georgios; Saltalippi, Carla (Elsevier, 2020)
      Collected rainfall records by gauges lead to key forcings in most hydrological studies. Depending on sensor type and recording systems, such data are characterized by different time-resolutions (or temporal aggregations), ...
    • KC, Mohan; Mason, Euan G.; Bown Intveen, Horacio Eduardo (Northeast Forestry Univ, China, 2021)
      Silvicultural practices applied in managed forest plantations may help counteract the effects of climate change by influencing soil surface CO2 efflux (Fs). Understanding the effects of silvicultural practices on Fs ...
    • Pizarro Tapia, Roberto; Valdés Pineda, Rodrigo; Garcia Chevesich, Pablo; Ibáñez, Alfredo; Pino, Juan; Scott, David F.; Neary, Daniel G.; McCray, John E.; Castillo Soto, Miguel Eduardo; Ubilla, Patricio (MDPI, 2022)
      Forest ecosystems play an important role in hydrological processes as surface and subsurface runoff, as well as the storage of water at the catchment scale. Therefore, it is important to have a greater understanding of the ...