Publications

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• Angeletti B, Anderson FE, Loydi A. Fungi associated with Nassella trichotoma (serrated tussock) seeds in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Submitted.

• Milano, C, Pérez D, Scarfó MC, Rodríguez DA, Cuppari SY, Loydi, A. Seed weight affects emergence, but not germination, among native forage species of the Pampa Austral, Argentina. Submitted.

• García A, Distel RA, Loydi A. Mechanisms of competition and tolerance under defoliation in the invasive grass Nassella trichotoma. Submitted.

• Scarfó MC, DA Rodríguez, C Milano, A Loydi. Competition ability of three native grass species during establishment. Submitted.

2024 

• Scarfó MC, Rodríguez  DA, Milano  C, Loydi A. 2024. Effect of water stress and temperature on seed germination of five perennial grass species of the semi-arid Pampas. Journal of Arid Environments 224: 105211.

• Smith M, Wilkins K, Holdrege MC, et al.  Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally.  PNAS 121 (4) e2309881120. 

2023

• Toledo, S, Bondaruk VF, Yahdjian L, Oñatibia GR, Loydi A, Alberti J, Bruschetti M, Pascual J, Peter G,  Agüero W,  Namur PR,  Blanco L, Peri P. Environmental factors regulate soil microbial attributes and their response to drought in rangelands ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment. 

 2022

• Bondaruk VF, Oñatibia GR, Fernández R, Agüero W, Blanco L, Bruschetti M, Kröpfl A, Loydi A, Pascual J, Peter G, Peri P, Quiroga RE, L Yahdjian. Forage provision is more affected by extreme droughts in arid and semi-arid than in mesic rangelands.  Journal of Applied Ecology 59: 2404-2418. DOI 10.1111/1365-2664.14243.

2021

• Loydi A, Collins S. Extreme drought has limited effects on soil seed bank composition in desert grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 32: e13089.-

• García A, Loydi A, Distel RA. Temporal and spatial variation in the soil seed bank of Nassella trichotoma (serrated tussock) in its native range. Australian Journal of Botany 69: 45-51.-

2020

• Loydi A, García A, Funk FA. Vegetation recovery after fire in mountain grasslands of Argentina. Journal of Mountain Science 17(2): 373-383. DOI: 10.1007/s11629-019-5669-3.-

• García A, Scarfó MC, Loydi A, Distel RA. Effect of competition intensity on recruitment of palatable and unpalatable grasses. Austral Ecology 45(1): 70-78. DOI: 10.1111/aec.12830.-

• Puthod G, Loydi A, García A, Distel RA. Enhancement of late successional grasses by disturbance and seed addition in degraded dryland pampas of Argentina. Arid Land Research and Management 34: 445-459.-

2019

• Loydi A. Vegetation change after grazing exclusion in mountain mesic Pampa grasslands of Argentina: effects on the established vegetation and the soil seed bank. Plant Ecology & Diversity 12: 127-138. DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2019.1593544.-

• Funk FA*,  Loydi A*, Peter G, Distel RA. Effect of grazing and drought on seed bank in semi-arid patchy rangelands of northern Patagonia, Argentina. International Journal of Plant Sciences 180: 337-344. DOI: 10.1086/702661. *Ambos autores contribuyeron igualmente a este artículo.-

• Piovan MJ, Pratolongo PD, Donath TW, Loydi A, Eckstein RL. Germination response to osmotic potential, osmotic agents and temperature of five halophytes occurring along a salinity gradient in the coastal zone of Bahía Blanca.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 180: 345-355. DOI: 10.1086/702663.-