Long-term research in Bosque Fray Jorge National Park: Twenty years studying the role of biotic and abiotic factors in a Chilean semiarid scrubland Investigación de largo plazo en el Parque Nacional Bosque Fray Jorge: Veinte años estudiando el rol de los factores bióticos y abióticos en un matorral chileno semiárido

Long-term research in Bosque Fray Jorge National Park: Twenty years studying the role of biotic and abiotic factors in a Chilean semiarid scrubland Investigación de largo plazo en el Parque Nacional Bosque Fray Jorge: Veinte años estudiando el rol de los factores bióticos y abióticos en un matorral chileno semiárido

Since 1989, we have conducted a large-scale ecological experiment in semiarid thorn scrub of a national park in north-central Chile. Initially, we focused on the role of biotic interactions including predation, interspecific competition, and herbivory in small mammal and plant components of the comm...

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Main Authors: JULIO R GUTIÉRREZ, PETER L MESERVE, DOUGLAS A KELT, ANDREW ENGILIS JR, M. ANDREA PREVITALI, W. BRYAN MILSTEAD, FABIAN M JAKSIC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
Subjects:
aves
desierto chileno
LTER
micromamíferos
plantas efímeras
birds
Chilean desert
ephemeral plants
small mammals
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