publicaciones seleccionadas artículo editorial A hyper‐arid environment shapes an inverse pattern of the fast–slow plant economics spectrum for above‐, but not below‐ground resource acquisition strategies. Journal of Ecology. 2019 Are pulp consumers effective seed dispersers? Tests with a large-seeded tropical relict tree. Biotropica. 2018 Isolation and cross-amplification of the first set of polymorphic microsatellite markers of two high-Andean cushion plants. Journal of Genetics. 2018 Landscape connectivity among remnant populations of guanaco (Lama guanicoe Müller, 1776) in an arid region of Chile impacted by global change. PeerJ. 2018 Protected areas in Chile: Are we managing them?. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 2018 Population variation in drought-resistance strategies in a desert shrub along an aridity gradient: Interplay between phenotypic plasticity and ecotypic differentiation. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 2017 A framework for the classification Chilean terrestrial ecosystems as a tool for achieving global conservation targets. Biodiversity and conservation. 2017 Conspecific plants are better ‘nurses’ than rocks: consistent results revealing intraspecific facilitation as a process that promotes establishment in a hyper-arid environment. AoB PLANTS. 2017 The importance of scale-dependent ravine characteristics on breeding-site selection by the Burrowing Parrot, Cyanoliseus patagonus. PeerJ. 2017 Fruit Size Determines the Role of Three Scatter-Hoarding Rodents as Dispersers or Seed Predators of a Fleshy-Fruited Atacama Desert Shrub. PLoS ONE. 2016 Differential effect of shade, water and soil type on emergence and early survival of three dominant species of the Atacama Desert. Austral Ecology. 2016 Enhanced facilitation at the extreme end of the aridity gradient in the Atacama Desert: a community-level approach. Ecology. 2016 Shrub–ephemeral plants interactions in semiarid north-central Chile: Is the nurse plant syndrome manifested at the community level?. Journal of Arid Environments. 2016 Vegetation of Bosque Fray Jorge National Park and its surrounding matrix in the Coastal Desert of north-central Chile. Journal of Arid Environments. 2016 Estado de conservación de la flora nativa de las regiones de Arica-Parinacota y de Tarapacá, Chile. Gayana. Botánica. 2015 Germination, seedling performance, and root production after simulated partial seed predation of a threatened Atacama Desert shrub. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 2015 Contrasting responses to water-deficit among Encelia canescens populations distributed along an aridity gradient. American Journal of Botany. 2015 Resource economics and coordination among above- and below-ground functional traits of three dominant shrubs from the Chilean coastal desert. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2015 Comparison of DNA extraction methods for polymerase chain reaction amplification of guanaco (Lama guanicoe) fecal DNA samples. Genetics and Molecular Research. 2015 Growth and early seedling survival of four Atacama Desert shrub species under experimental light and water availability regimes. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 2014 Using stakeholders’ perspective of ecosystem services and biodiversity features to plan a marine protected area. Environmental Science & Policy. 2014 Seed predation by rodents results in directed dispersal of viable seed fragments of an endangered desert shrub. Ecosphere. 2014 Importance of geochemical factors in determining distribution patterns of aquatic invertebrates in mountain streams south of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Hydrobiologia. 2013 No evidence of a trade-off between drought and shade tolerance in seedlings of six coastal desert shrub species in north-central Chile. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2012 Conservación de la biodiversidad en Chile: Nuevos desafíos y oportunidades en ecosistemas terrestres y marinos costeros. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 2012 Latin American plant sciences: from early naturalists to modern science. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 2012 The ecology, distribution and conservation status ofMyrcianthes coquimbensis: a globally endangered endemic shrub of the Chilean Coastal Desert. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 2012 Towards the creation of an integrated system of protected areas in Chile: achievements and challenges. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 2012 Combining information from benthic community analysis and social studies to establish no-take zones within a multiple uses marine protected area. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 2012 Leaf morphological and genetic divergence in populations of Drimys (Winteraceae) in Chile. Genetics and Molecular Research. 2012 Bottom-up control of consumers leads to top-down indirect facilitation of invasive annual herbs in semiarid Chile. Ecology. 2011 Rapid root extension during water pulses enhances establishment of shrub seedlings in the Atacama Desert. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2011 Crónica de un conflicto anunciado: Tres centrales termoeléctricas a carbón en un hotspot de biodiversidad de importancia mundial. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 2011 Plant Area Index and microclimate underneath shrub species from a Chilean semiarid community. Journal of Arid Environments. 2011 Revisión de la clasificación de especies en categorías de amenaza en Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 2010 Hydraulic lift through transpiration suppression in shrubs from two arid ecosystems: patterns and control mechanisms. Oecologia. 2010 Producción de carbón vegetal a partir de arbustos nativos en la Región de Atacama, Chile. Gayana. Botánica. 2010 Hydraulic lift in three shrub species from the Chilean coastal desert. Journal of Arid Environments. 2008 Reduced herbivory during simulated ENSO rainy events increases native herbaceous plants in semiarid Chile. Plant Ecology. 2007 Tree establishment along an ENSO experimental gradient in the Atacama desert. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2007 Reduced herbivore pressure under rainy ENSO conditions could facilitate dryland reforestation. Journal of Arid Environments. 2007 Herbivory and plant growth rate determine the success of El Niño Southern Oscillation-driven tree establishment in semiarid South America. Global Change Biology. 2006 Groundwater dynamics in a coastal aquifer in north-central Chile: Implications for groundwater recharge in an arid ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments. 2006 Bofedales: high altitude peatlands of the central Andes. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 2006 ENSO effects on primary productivity in Southern Atacama desert. Advances in Geosciences. 2006 Extreme climatic events shape arid and semiarid ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2006 A synthesis of ENSO effects on drylands in Australia, North America and South America. Advances in Geosciences. 2006 Structure and genetic diversity in Colliguaja odorifera Mol. (Euphorbiaceae), a shrub subjected to Pleisto-Holocenic natural perturbations in a mediterranean South American region. Journal of Biogeography. 2005 Phenotypic response of Lycopersicon chilense to water deficit. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 2003 El efecto de la disponibilidad de agua durante el crecimiento de Lycopersicon chilense sobre la capacidad de sus semillas para germinar a distintas temperaturas y concentraciones de manitol y NaCl. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 2002 Evaluación de la capacidad estacional de utilizar eventos de precipitación en tres especies de arbustos nativos de Chile con distintos sistemas radiculares. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 2002 Identification of priority areas for conservation in an arid zone: application of parsimony analysis of endemicity in the vascular flora of the Antofagasta region, northern Chile. Biodiversity and conservation. 2002