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Atacama Desert   (publications in chronological order)

28. Gulmon, S. L., P. W. Rundel, J. Ehleringer, and H. A. Mooney. 1979. Spatial relationships and competition in a Chilean desert cactus. Oecologia 44:40-43. PDF

30.  
Mooney, H. A., S. L. Gulmon, P. Rundel, and J. Ehleringer. 1980. Further observations on the water relations of Prosopis tamarugo of the northern Atacama Desert. Oecologia 44:177-180. PDF

32.  Ehleringer, J., H. A. Mooney, S. L. Gulmon, and P. Rundel. 1980. Orientation and its consequences of Copiapoa (Cactaceae) in the Atacama Desert. Oecologia 46:63-67. PDF

33.  
Mooney, H. A., S.L. Gulmon, J. Ehleringer, and P.W. Rundel. 1980. Atmospheric water uptake by an Atacama Desert shrub. Science 209:693-694. PDF

34.  Rundel, P.W., J. Ehleringer, H.A. Mooney, and S.L. Gulmon. 1980. Patterns of drought response in leaf-succulent shrubs of the coastal Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Oecologia 46:196-200.  PDF

37.  Ehleringer, J., H. A. Mooney, S. L. Gulmon, and P. W. Rundel. 1981. Parallel evolution of leaf pubescence in Encelia in coastal deserts of North and South America. Oecologia 49:38-41. PDF


134. Rundel, P.W., M.O. Dillon, B. Palma, H.A. Mooney, S.L. Gulmon, and J. R. Ehleringer. 1991. The phytogeography and ecology of the coastal Atacama and Peruvian Deserts. Aliso 13:1-49. PDF

150. 
Ehleringer, J.R., H.A. Mooney, P.W. Rundel, R.D. Evans, B. Palma, and J. Delatorre. 1992. Lack of nitrogen cycling in the Atacama Desert. Nature 359:316-318. PDF

168. 
Evans, R.D., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1993. A break in the nitrogen cycles in aridlands? evidence from d15N of soils. Oecologia 94:314-317. PDF

184. 
Squeo, F.A., J.R. Ehleringer, N.C. Olivares, and G. Arancio. 1994. Variations in leaf-level energy balance components of Encelia canescens along a precipitation gradient in north-central Chile. Revista Chilena Historica Natural 67:143-155. PDF

187. 
Evans, R.D., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1994. Plant d15N values along a fog gradient in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Journal of Arid Environments 28:189-193. PDF

232. 
Ehleringer, J.R., P.W. Rundel, B. Palma, and H.A. Mooney. 1998. Carbon isotope ratios of Atacama Desert plants reflect hyperaridity of region. Revista Chilena Historica Naturales 71:79-86. PDF

248. 
Squeo, F.A., N. Olivares, S. Olivares, A. Pollastri, E. Aguirre, R. Aravena, C. Jorquera, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1999. Groupos funcionales en arbustos desérticos definidos en base a las fuentes de agua utilizadas. Gayana (Botánica) 56:1-16. PDF

257. Squeo, F.A., N. Olivares, A. Valenzuela, A. Pollastri, E., Aguirre, R. Aravena, C. Jorquera, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2000. Fuentes de aqua utilizadas por las plantas desérticas y su importancia en planes de manejo y restauración ecológica. Bol. Soc. Bot. México 65:95-106. PDF

315. Squeo, F.A., and J.R. Ehleringer. 2004. Isótops estables: una herramienta común para la ecofisiología vegetal y animal, p. 59-80. In H.M. Cabrera (ed.), Fisiología Ecológica en Plantas Mechanismos y Respuestas a Estrés. EUV, Valparaiso. PDF

348. Squeo, F.A., Y. Tracol, D. López, J.R. Gutiérrez, A.M. Cordova, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2006. ENSO effects on primary productivity in Southern Atacama Desert. Advances in Geosciences 6:273-277. PDF

363. Squeo, F.A., R. Aravena, E. Aguirre, A. Pollastri, C.B. Jorquera, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2006. Groundwater dynamics in a coastal aquifer in north-central Chile: Implications for groundwater recharge in an arid ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 67:240-254. PDF


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Ecology

Physiology

​Environmental drivers influencing populations and evolution

Forensics & humans