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ARIDnet Workshop / Taller de ARIDnet

Land degradation in semiarid regions of the Americas - The Amapola, Mexico Case Study
Degradación de suelos en regiones semiáridas en América – El caso de estudio de la Amapola, México

Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (IPICYT)
San Luis Potosí, México
June 1– 6, 2004

Official language of the workshop will be English



Participant Listing

Fernando T. Maestre Gil
Institution Duke University
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Expertise Ecology
Scale of focus Other: Patch and plot
Research interests My main research areas are:
(i) Facilitative and competitive interactions among plants, and the effects that abiotic stresses, soil nutrient heterogeneity, soil fauna and CO2 have on them
(ii) Role of biological soil crusts on the functioning of semiarid ecosystems
(iii) Effects of spatial heterogeneity of soil properties on plant performance at different spatial scales
(iv) Determinants of ecosystem structure, function and productivity along degradation gradients in semiarid areas
(v) Invasive species