Laboratorio de Ecología Vegetal
	ELNINO: ‘Regeneration of Semiarid Plant Communities: The Role of El Niño Southern Oscillation and Herbivory Control’
	Libro Rojo de la Flora Nativa y de los Sitios Prioritarios para su Conservación: Región de Coquimbo
	Investigaciones Ecológicas en el Parque Nacional Bosque Fray Jorge (Chile) Folleto del Proyecto <PDF>

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• Gutiérrez J.R. y W.G. Whitford. 1987. Chihuahuan Desert annuals:Importance of water and nitrogen. Ecology 68:2032-2045.
• Gutiérrez J.R. y L.E. Aguilera. 1989. Size-biomass relationships of some annual herbaceous plants in the Chilean arid region. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 62: 95-98.
• Contreras L.C. y J.R. Gutiérrez. 1991. Effects of the subterranean herbivorous rodent Spalacopus cyanus on herbaceous vegetation in arid coastal Chile. Oecologia 87: 106-109.
• Gutiérrez J.R. 1992. The effects of low water supplementation and nutrient addition on the aboveground biomass production of annual plants in a Chilean coastal desert site. Oecologia 90: 556-559.
• Gutiérrez J.R., L.E. Aguilera y J.J. Armesto. 1992. The effects of addition of water and macronutrients on biomass production of annual plants in a coastal desert site of north-central Chile. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 65: 83-90.
• Gutiérrez J.R., P.L. Meserve, F.M. Jaksic, L.C. Contreras, S. Herrera y H. Vásquez. 1993. Structure and dynamics of vegetation in a Chilean semiarid thorn-scrub community. Acta Oecologica 14: 271-285.
• Gutiérrez J.R., P.L. Meserve, L.C. Contreras, H. Vásquez y F.M. Jaksic. 1993. Spatial distribution of soil nutrients and ephemeral plants underneath and outside the canopy of Porlieria chilensis (Zygophyllaceae) shrubs in arid coastal Chile. Oecologia 95: 347-352.
• Meserve P.L., J.R. Gutiérrez, L.C. Contreras y F.M. Jaksic. 1993. Role of biotic interactions in a semiarid scrub community in north-central Chile: Preliminary results. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 66: 225-241.
• Armesto, J.J., P.E. Vidiella y J.R. Gutiérrez. 1993. Plant communities of the fog-free coastal desert of Chile: Plant strategies in a fluctuating environment. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 66: 271-282.
• Gutiérrez, J.R. 1993. The effect of water, nitrogen, and human-induced desertification on the structure of ephemeral plant communmities in the Chilean coastal desert. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 66: 337-344.
• Arroyo M.T.K., J.J. Armesto, F.A. Squeo y J.R. Gutiérrez. 1993. Global change: flora and vegetation of Chile. En: H. A. Mooney, E. R. Fuentes & B. Kronberg (eds): Earth System Responses to Global Change: Contrast between North and South America. Academic Press, New York. 239-263.
• Meserve P.L., J.A. Yunger, J.R. Gutiérrez, L.C. Contreras, W.B. Milstead, B.K. Lang, K.L. Cramer, S. Herrera, V.O. Lagos, S.I. Silva, E.L. Tabilo, M.A. Torrealba y F.M. Jaksic. 1995. Heterogeneous responses of small mammals to an El Niño (ENSO) event in north-central semiarid Chile and the importance of ecological scale. J. Mammal. 76:580-595.
• Gutiérrez J.R. y H. Vásquez. 1996. The effects of water and nutrient addition on annual aboveground biomass production of Chenopodium petiolare H.B.K. (Chenopodiaceae) in a north-central Chilean old field. Ecoscience 3:211-215.
• Meserve P.L., J.R. Gutiérrez, J.A. Yunger, L.C. Contreras y F.M. Jaksic. 1996. Role of biotic interactions in a small mammal assemblage in semiarid Chile. Ecology 77:133-148.
• Gutiérrez J.R., P.L. Meserve, S. Herrera, L.C. Contreras y F.M. Jaksic. 1997. Effects of small mammals and vertebrate predators on vegetation in the Chilean semiarid zone. Oecologia 109:398-406.
• Jaksic, F.M., S.I. Silva, P.L. Meserve & J.R. Gutiérrez. 1997. A long-term study  of vertebrate predator response to an El Niño (ENSO) disturbance  in western South America. Oikos 78: 341-354.
• Gutiérrez, J.R. & F. Bozinovic. 1998. Diet selection in captivity by a generalist herbivorous rodent (Octodon degus) from the Chilean coastal desert. J. Arid Environ. 39: 601-607.
• Gutiérrez, J.R., F. López-Cortes & P.A. Marquet. Vegetation in an altitudinal  gradient along the Río Loa in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. J.  Arid Environ. 40: 383-399.
• Aguilera, L.E., J.R. Gutiérrez & P.L. Meserve. 1999. Variation of soil micro- organisms and nutrients underneath and outside the canopy of Adesmia  bedwellii (Papilionaceae) shrubs in arid coastal Chile following drought and above average rainfall. J. Arid Environ. 42: 61-70.
• Meserve, P.L., W.B. Milstead, J.R. Gutiérrez & F.M. Jaksic. 1999. The interplay  of biotic and abiotic factors in a semi-arid Chilean mammal assemblage:  results of a long-term experiment. Oikos 85: 364-372.
• Gutiérrez, J.R. & P.L. Meserve. 2000. Density and biomass responses of epehemeral plants to experimental exclusion of small mammals and their veretebrate predators in the Chilean semiarid zone. J. Arid Environ. 45: 173-181.
• Gutiérrez, J.R., G. Arancio & F.M. Jaksic. 2000. Variation in vegetation and seed bank in a Chilean semiarid community affected by ENSO 1997. J. Veg. Sci. 11:641-648 <artículo en PDF>
• Holmgren, M., M. Scheffer, E. Ezcurra, J.R. Gutiérrez & F. Mohren. 2001. El Niño effects on the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16: 89-94. <artículo en PDF>
• Meserve, P.L., W.B. Milstead & J.R. Gutiérrez. 2001. Results of a food addition experiment in a north-central Chile small mammal assemblage: evidence for the role of “bottom-up” factor. Oikos 94: 548-556.
• Squeo, F.A., G. Arancio y J.R. Gutiérrez. 2001. Libro Rojo de la Flora de la Región de Coquimbo, y de los Sitios Prioritarios para su Conservación. Ediciones Universidad de La Serena. 386 pp. ISBN: 956-7393-12-2 (libro) <libro en PDF>
• Yunger, J.A., P.L. Meserve & J.R. Gutiérrez. 2002. Small mammal foraging: mechanisms for coexistence and implication for population dynamics. Ecological Monograph 72: 561-577.
• Gutiérrez, J.R. & P.L. Meserve. 2003. El Niño effects on soil seed bank dynamics in north-central Chile. Oecologia 134: 511-517.<artículo en PDF>
• Meserve P.L., D,A. Kelt, W.B. Milstead & J.R. Gutiérrez. 2003. Thirteen years of shifting top-down and bottom-up control. BioScience 53: 633-646.<artículo en PDF>
• Gutiérrez, J.R. y Squeo, F.A. 2004. Importancia de los arbustos leñosos en los ecosistemas semiáridos de Chile. Ecosistemas 13(1) (URL: http://www.aeet.org/ecosistemas/041/investigacion2.htm) <artículo en PDF>
• Kelt D.A., P.L. Meserve, M.L. Forister, L.K. Nabors & J.R. Gutiérrez. 2004. Seed predation by birds and small mammals in semiarid Chile. Oikos 104: 133-141.<artículo en PDF>
• Kelt D.A., P.L. Meserve & J.R. Gutiérrez. 2004. Seed removal by small mammals, birds and ants in semi-arid Chile, and comparison with other systems. Journal of Biogeography 31: 931–942 <artículo en PDF>