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  1. Micromammals play an important role in mediterranean ecosystems. The “megadrought” in the sclerophyll forest has caused a “browning” that implies, among other things, the reduction of canopy cover. The effects...

    Authors: Susan Fletcher, Carlos Sarmiento, Gisela C. Stotz and Verónica Quirici
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2025 98:3
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  2. Assessing the structure of communities requires analysis of multiple dimensions of biological diversity. Such approaches provide a broader understanding of the ecological and historical factors involved in the...

    Authors: Marcione B. de Oliveira, Luiz Flamarion B. de Oliveira and Cibele R. Bonvicino
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2025 98:2
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  3. MDPI, a rapidly growing mega-publisher, has significantly impacted scientific publishing with a large number of open-access journals covering all areas of knowledge. Fast publication times, numerous special is...

    Authors: Francisco E. Fontúrbel and Juan L. Celis-Diez
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2025 98:1
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  5. Synchronopatric plant species, coexisting and flowering simultaneously, often engage in intense competition for pollen deposition on shared pollinators. This study focuses on the intricate dynamics of chiropte...

    Authors: Cristina Adriane de Souza Pontes, Isabel Cristina Machado and Arthur Domingos-Melo
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2024 97:11
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  6. Authors: Cristian A. Delpiano, Solange Vargas, Juan F. Ovalle, Catalina Cáceres, Francisco Zorondo-Rodríguez, Alejandro Miranda, Nelida Pohl, Claudia Rojas and Francisco A. Squeo
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2024 97:10
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2024 97:7

  7. The Easter Island spiny lobster Panulirus pascuensis (Reed, 1954) or ‘Ura’ in the Rapa Nui language, is a little known species native to the south eastern Pacific Ocean, distributed along the coasts of Easter Isl...

    Authors: J. Antonio Baeza and Stacy Pirro
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2024 97:9
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  8. Knowing what the highest-level mammalian carnivores and intermediate levels eat throughout the geography and how human activities may affect their community dynamics is relevant information to focusing and dec...

    Authors: Paulo Vallejos-Garrido, Francisca Zamora-Cornejo, Reinaldo Rivera, Francis Castillo-Ravanal and Enrique Rodríguez-Serrano
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2024 97:8
    Content type: Review Published on:

  9. The potential ecosystem collapse of forests in Mediterranean-type ecosystems (MTEs) by unprecedented droughts is worrisome due to the impacts on its exceptional biodiversity and human well-being. However, rese...

    Authors: Cristian A. Delpiano, Solange Vargas, Juan F. Ovalle, Catalina Cáceres, Francisco Zorondo-Rodríguez, Alejandro Miranda, Nelida Pohl, Claudia Rojas and Francisco A. Squeo
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2024 97:7
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2024 97:10

  10. We assess the putative identity of canids accompanying the Patagonian and Fuegian aborigines through an iconographic timeline encompassing 1699–1894, when a number of narratives provided written descriptions a...

    Authors: Marcelo Mayorga, Natasha Barrios, César González-Lagos, Sergio A. Castro and Fabián Jaksic
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2024 97:6
    Content type: Review Published on:

  11. The composition of the vascular flora in Punta Arenas city, found in the city’s public spaces, was studied. The species were identified and recorded in a database, which was supplemented with information on ta...

    Authors: Sergio A. Castro, Gloria Rojas and Fabián M. Jaksic
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2024 97:5
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  12. In this study, we conducted a survey of newly discovered populations of tuco-tuco (subterranean rodents of the genus Ctenomys) in the Entre Ríos province, in an area characterized by its unexplored nature and its...

    Authors: Virginia D. Zelada Perrone, Ivanna H. Tomasco, Matias E. Mac Allister, Cecilia S. Carnovale, Ariel Carmarán, Diego A. Caraballo, Mariano L. Merino and Gabriela P. Fernández
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2024 97:4
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  13. The chilla or grey fox (Lycalopex griseus) is a native species from continental Chile and neighboring areas of Argentina. It was introduced to Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego in 1951 and began to increase its abu...

    Authors: Carlos Zurita, Javier Oporto, Ignacio Valverde, Borja Bernales, Nicolás Soto, Jaime R. Rau and Fabián M. Jaksic
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2024 97:3
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  15. The Fuegian fox (Lycalopex culpaeus) is a rare inhabitant of the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago on account of: (a) It is the southernmost Canid in the world. (b) It is the second largest, heaviest, and tallest nati...

    Authors: Fabian M. Jaksic, Carlos Zurita, Cristóbal Briceño and Jaime E. Jiménez
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2024 97:1
    Content type: Review Published on:

  16. The expansion of human activities and the development of urban centers are among the main driving forces accounting for the transformation and loss of natural environments. At the same time, and especially for...

    Authors: Daiana N. Lera, Natalia Cozzani, José L. Tella and Sergio Zalba
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2023 96:10
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  17. I review the natural history of the tuco-tuco Ctenomys magellanicus in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, southernmost geographic regions shared by Argentina and Chile. By natural history I mean both historical reco...

    Authors: Fabian M. Jaksic
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2023 96:9
    Content type: Review Published on:

  18. Previous bibliometric studies in scientific researchers from developed countries generally support that sharing efforts during research enhances productivity and impact and suggest these effects may be importa...

    Authors: Luis A. Ebensperger, Antonia Aspillaga-Cid and Antonieta Labra
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2023 96:8
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  19. Reproductive behaviour under natural conditions is hard to record, especially in rare and cryptic species, such as the Casuhatien anole (Pristidactylus casuhatiensis). This medium size lizard is endemic to the Si...

    Authors: D. B. Lujan Ogeda, A. Areco, G. C. Leynaud and S. M. Zalba
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2023 96:7
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  20. The use of Bayesian inference (BI) is a common methodology for data analysis in Ecology and Evolution. This statistical approach is particularly useful in cases which information is scarce, because allows form...

    Authors: Ramiro O. Bustamante, Andrés Iturriaga, Sandra Flores-Alvarado, Rafael A. García and Estefany Goncalves
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2023 96:6
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  21. By using a historical approach we attempt to answer the question of whether the “dogs” of Fuegian and Patagonian peoples are a domesticated dog (Canis lupus familiaris) or a tamed or domesticated Culpeo “fox” ...

    Authors: Fabian M. Jaksic and Sergio A. Castro
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2023 96:5
    Content type: Review Published on:

  22. Understanding the mechanisms behind resilience has become more relevant in the last decades, due to the increasing and intensifying disturbances from natural and anthropogenic sources that threaten biodiversit...

    Authors: Cynthia Vásquez, Renato A. Quiñones, Antonio Brante and Eduardo Hernández-Miranda
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2023 96:4
    Content type: Review Published on:

  23. Vertical distribution of zooplankton is an important biological factor that can modulate zooplankton transport, dispersal, and survival in the ocean. Seawater temperature and the associated formation of a ther...

    Authors: Jessica Bonicelli, María José Jeneral, Bryan Bularz, Nicolas Weidberg, Katalin A. Plummer, Ricardo Calderón, Ursula Cifuentes, Darly Alarcón and Sergio A. Navarrete
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2023 96:3
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  24. Little is known about the California Quail (Callipepla californica) as an invader in Chile and Argentina. Our goal was to review the history of its introduction and to provide updated information on its spread an...

    Authors: Benjamín Andrews, Carlos Zurita and Fabian M. Jaksic
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2023 96:2
    Content type: Review Published on:

  25. Ecosystems provide a variety of benefits to human society and humanity’s utilization of ecosystems affects their composition, structure, and functions. Global change drivers demand us to study the interactions...

    Authors: Cristián Frêne, Juan J. Armesto, Roberto F. Nespolo, Aurora Gaxiola, Sergio A. Navarrete, Alejandra Troncoso, Ariel Muñoz and Luis J. Corcuera
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2023 96:1
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  26. Animal social systems can be described through four main components: social structure, social organization, mating system, and care system. Social structure describes the relationships between individuals in a...

    Authors: Kaera Utsumi, Catherine Staley, Herman Núñez, Maria A. Eifler and Douglas A. Eifler
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2022 95:9
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  27. Marine aquaculture is a very important economic and food production activity in Patagonian channels. The biophysical mechanisms through which farms interact with surrounding areas is poorly understood. A bette...

    Authors: Eduardo Hernández-Miranda, Ignacio Betancourt, Marcus Sobarzo, Odette Vergara, Claudio Iturra and Renato A. Quiñones
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2022 95:8
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  28. The systematics of Liolaemus magellanicus has been relatively well researched, but despite its recognition as the southernmost lizard in the world, scant attention has been paid to the discovery, distribution, bi...

    Authors: Fabian M. Jaksic
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2022 95:7
    Content type: Review Published on:

  30. In this paper, we estimate the causal relationship between protected areas and poverty in Chile from 1982 to 2002. Chile is part of the coalition of countries committed to protecting 30% of the planet by 2030;...

    Authors: Thais Vilela, Alfonso Malky Harb and Carla Mendizábal Vergara
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2022 95:5
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  31. Restoration practices usually emphasize on the structural part of the biodiversity; also, most studies have focused on plants and very few have been conducted on arthropods and its function after restoration. ...

    Authors: Manuel Edday Farfán-Beltrán, Mariana Chávez-Pesqueira, Johnattan Hernández-Cumplido and Zenón Cano-Santana
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2022 95:4
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  32. Habitat fragmentation and degradation processes affect biodiversity by reducing habitat quantity and quality, with differential effects on the resident species. However, their consequences are not always notic...

    Authors: Victoria P. Fernández, Gloria B. Rodríguez-Gómez, Dimas A. Molina-Marín, Gabriel J. Castaño-Villa and Francisco E. Fontúrbel
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2022 95:3
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  33. Agroforestry is an integrated land-use system that plays a great role in the conservation of landscape biodiversity. The study aimed to assess the composition and diversity of avian species along with differen...

    Authors: Hussen Yasin and Wondimagegnehu Tekalign
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2022 95:2
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  35. The source of Darwin’s illness has been a contentious issue in the literature for almost 70 years. Different causal factors have been invoked to account for his symptoms, including Chagas disease. The Chagas h...

    Authors: Carezza Botto-Mahan and Rodrigo Medel
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2021 94:7
    Content type: Review Published on:

  36. Ecological restoration is a process that helps the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed. The success of restoration actions depend on the understanding of the processes, mechan...

    Authors: Eduardo Alanís-Rodríguez, Víctor M. Molina-Guerra, Alejandro Collantes-Chávez-Costa, Enrique Buendía-Rodríguez, Arturo Mora-Olivo, Laura Sánchez-Castillo and Alejandro G. Alcalá-Rojas
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2021 94:6
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  37. For the genus Thylamys, the rivers have been reported as barriers to dispersal, limiting current and historical distribution of its lineages. We hypothesized that the Maipo river has affected the genetic structur...

    Authors: Dusan Boric-Bargetto, Álvaro Zúñiga-Reinoso, Oscar Inostroza-Michel, Enrique Rodríguez-Serrano, Daniel González-Acuña, R. Eduardo Palma and Cristián E. Hernández
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2021 94:5
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  39. We document the record of Telmatobufo venustus Phillipi (1899) in the Altos de Malalcura sector, Antuco, Biobío Region, Chile. This is the first record metamorphic Gosner 45 stage and the fourth georeferenced rec...

    Authors: Helen Díaz-Páez and Nicza Alveal
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2021 94:3
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  40. In this article we would like to touch on the key role played by the microbiota in the maintenance of a sustainable environment in the entire planet. For obvious reasons, this article does not intend to review...

    Authors: Rafael Vicuña and Bernardo González
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2021 94:2
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  41. It is known that aquaculture may produce negative environmental effects on marine ecosystems. Southern Chile is one of the most important salmon and mussel-producing areas in the world. Here we assess the ecol...

    Authors: Eduardo Hernández-Miranda, Romina Estrada, Poliana Strange, Rodrigo Veas, M. Cristina Krautz and Renato A. Quiñones
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2021 94:1
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  42. We determine the occurrence of self-citations among 36 Chilean ecologists with the highest h index values recorded in Web of Science. Because the practice of self-citation is perceived as negative by inflating a ...

    Authors: Jaime R. Rau and Fabian M. Jaksic
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2020 93:9
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  43. Bombus terrestris is a European bumblebee extensively commercialized worldwide for crop pollination. In Chile, this species was introduced in 1997 and after confinement escape, it has spread and established in se...

    Authors: Kiara Fernández, Jennifer Alcaíno, Dionisia Sepúlveda and Rodrigo Medel
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2020 93:8
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  44. We report new records of the wild felid Leopardus guigna in its northern-most distribution, in the southern Coquimbo and northern Valparaíso regions, in northern-central Chile. To our knowledge, these are the nor...

    Authors: Constanza Napolitano, Cristian Larraguibel-González, Amancay A. Cepeda-Mercado, Pablo Vial and Jim Sanderson
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2020 93:7
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  45. Analysis of morphological variation in archipelagos has been essential to understand the evolution of terrestrial vertebrates. In particular, these natural scenarios allow to assess morphological changes exper...

    Authors: Alejandro Valladares-Gómez, Marcela Huenumilla-Linares, Enrique Rodríguez-Serrano, Cristián E. Hernández and R. Eduardo Palma
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2020 93:6
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  46. Salas y Gómez is a small, volcanic island largely untouched by humans due to its diminutive size and remoteness. Since the waters surrounding Salas y Gómez were established as Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park in 2...

    Authors: Samantha N. Hershauer, Sebastian Yancovic Pakarati and J. Judson Wynne
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2020 93:4
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  47. Chile is the second largest avocado producer in the world. However, there have been few studies on interactions between native bees and avocado pollination in a Chilean environment. The flowering period of avo...

    Authors: Víctor H. Monzón, Patricio Avendaño-Soto, Rodrigo O. Araujo, Rubén Garrido and José N. Mesquita-Neto
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2020 93:5
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  48. Endophytic fungi are diverse and ubiquitous in nature, yet studies simultaneously comparing endophyte communities in above- and below-ground plant tissues are relatively scarce. The main goal of our study was ...

    Authors: M. J. Guevara-Araya, C. Vilo, A. Urzúa and M. González-Teuber
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2020 93:3
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  49. Galaxias maculatus is an abundant freshwater fish species in Chilean continental waters where it plays important ecological functions, yet few parasitological records of this species exist in Chile and all of the...

    Authors: Mario George-Nascimento, Ruby López-Rodríguez and Konrad Górski
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2020 93:2
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  50. Caenolestids are a group of poorly known South American marsupials with a restricted distribution in Páramo and Subpáramo environments of the Andes from Colombia and western Venezuela to Bolivia (represented by t...

    Authors: Baltazar González, Federico Brook and Gabriel M. Martin
    Citation: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 2020 93:1
    Content type: Research Published on:

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