Each recent report of liquid water existing elsewhere in the Solar System has reverberated
through the international press and excited the imagination of humankind. Why? Because in …

Stable isotope studies of hydrogen and oxygen stable isotope ratios of water within plants
are providing new information on water sources, competitive interactions and water use …

Matorral desértico 3. Matorral desértico tropical interior de Atriplex atacamensis y Tessaria
absinthioides 4. Matorral desértico tropical interior de Malesherbia auristipulata y Tarasa …

Abstract Solanum section Lycopersicon (Solanaceae) includes the cultivated tomato (S.
lycopersicum) and 12 additional wild relatives, endemic to western South America from …

The Atacama along the Pacific Coast of Chile and Peru is one of the driest and possibly
oldest deserts in the world. It represents an extreme habitat for life on Earth and is an analog …

The past two decades have seen a proliferation in bioarchaeological literature on the
identification of scurvy, a disease caused by chronic vitamin C deficiency, in ancient human …

The occurrence of hypolithic cyanobacteria colonizing translucent stones was quantified
along the aridity gradient in the Atacama Desert in Chile, from less arid areas to the …

In the driest parts of the Atacama Desert there are no visible life forms on soil or rock
surfaces. The soil in this region contains only minute traces of bacteria distributed in …

The desert fog oasis ecosystem of Peru and Chile comprises numerous oases along 3000
km of the Pacific coastal belt, it hosts a highly endemic flora, providing vital ecosystem …

Deserts, even those at tropical latitudes, often have strikingly low levels of plant diversity,
particularly within genera. One remarkable exception to this pattern is the genus Petalidium …