Neotermes costaseca: a new termite from the coastal desert of Peru and the redescription of N. chilensis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2018 The imago and soldier castes of a new Neotermes species, N. costaseca, are described. It is only the third termite species known from the Pacific coastal desert of Peru. Neotermes costaseca sp. n.
Rudolf H. Scheffrahn
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Natural History of the Genus Elasmoderus Saussure, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tristiridae), an Endemic and Eremic Element of the Transitional Coastal Desert of Chile [PDF]
InsectsThe genus Elasmoderus belongs to the family Tristiridae, an orthopteran group that is distributed across the transitional region of South America and represented in the Andean areas of Peru, Argentina, and Chile.
Mario Pizarro-Luna +3 more
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Hydraulic Safety Mechanisms Override Traditional Wood Economics in Hyper-Arid Environments [PDF]
PlantsEnvironmental stress drives plant communities toward conservative ecological strategies through increased wood density (WD) within the Wood Economics Spectrum (WES). However, hyper-arid regions like the Coastal Atacama Desert (CAD) challenge this pattern,
Rodrigo S. Rios +3 more
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An Atacama subsurface tephra layer reveals how life colonized Kenorland in the Neoarchean [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMuch has been published on the microbiology of the Atacama Desert, the driest and oldest place on Earth, but little is known about how microbial life is able to permanently colonize this extremely harsh environment.
Armando Azua-Bustos +11 more
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Ciencias Marinas, 2007 A scanning electron microscopy analysis was performed for 570 quartz grains from desert and coastal dune sands in NW Mexico. Our main goal is to present a new application in the use of ternary diagrams with logistic normal confidence region boundaries ...
JJ Kasper-Zubillaga, R Faustinos-Morales
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Comparative photosynthetic characteristics of coastal and desert plants of California
Botanical Sciences, 1982 The photosynrhetic characteristics of planes native to a Californian hot desert habitar, Death Valley, and a cool coastal locality, Bodega Head, were compared.
H. A. Mooney +3 more
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Classopollis works as a significant indicator for the Cheirolepidiaceae paleovegetation arid zone, as proven by fossil records from Egypt. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThis paper presents an investigation that explores two distinct areas relatable to paleogeographic reconstruction. These areas include the Matruh Basin in the Northwestern Desert and the October Field in the Gulf of Suez in Egypt.
Ahmed Maher
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Insects associated to ephemeral pools in Huentelauquén (29ºS Coquimbo Region, Chile) [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2022 In northern central Chile, ephemeral pools constitute shallow isolated water bodies with a favourable habitat for fauna adapted to seasonal changes. Based on the limited knowledge about the fauna—particularly insects—associated to these ecosystems, the ...
J. Pizarro-Araya +2 more
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Revista Peruana de Biología, 2023 The Neotropical genus Heteromphrale Kröber, 1937, so far known from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, is recorded for the first time from Peru based on the description of a new species, Heteromphrale illapa sp. nov. from Moquegua. An update to the key to the
Pável Sánchez +1 more
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Introducing Coastal Deserts [PDF]
The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 2017 Coastal deserts sit at the interface of two quite different environments, one arid or semi-arid and terrestrial, the other littoral but becoming fully marine as one moves away from the shore (see B...
Martinez, Gustavo Adolfo +1 more
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