Meserve, P. L. 1981. Resource partitioning in a Chilean semi-arid small mammal community. J. Anim. Ecol. 50:745-757.

Meserve, P. L. 1981. Trophic relationships among small mammals in a Chilean semiarid thorn scrub community. J. Mammal. 62:304-314.

Meserve, P. L., R. E. Martin, and J. M. Rodriguez. 1984. Comparative ecology of the caviomorph rodent Octodon degus in two Chilean mediterranean-type communities. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 57:79-89.

Meserve, P. L., and E. R. Le Boulengé. 1987. Population dynamics and ecology of small mammals in the northern Chilean semiarid region, pp 413-431. IN B. D. Patterson and R. M. Timm (eds.), Studies in Neotropical mammalogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz., Vol. 68. Fieldiana: Zoology, new. ser., Chicago, IL.

Meserve, P. L., E. J. Shadrick, and D. A. Kelt. 1987. Diets and selectivity of two Chilean predators in the northern semi-arid zone. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 60:93-99.

Gutiérrez, J. R., P. L. Meserve, F. M. Jaksic, L. C. Contreras, S. Herrera, and H. Vásquez. 1993. Dynamics and structure of vegetation in a Chilean semiarid thorn scrub community. Acta Oecologia 14:271-285.

Jaksic, F. M., P. L. Meserve, J. R. Gutiérrez, and E. Tabilo. 1993. The components of predation on small mammals in semiarid Chile: preliminary results. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 66:305-322.

Gutiérrez, J. R., P. L. Meserve, L. C. Contreras, H. Vásquez, and F. M. Jaksic. 1993. Spatial distribution of soil nutrients and ephemeral plants underneath and outside the canopy of Porlieria chilensis (Zygophyllaceae) shrubs in arid coastal Chile. Oecologia 95:347-352.

Meserve, P. L., J. R. Gutiérrez, L. C. Contreras, and F. M. Jaksic. 1993. Role of biotic interactions in a semiarid scrub community in north-central Chile: a long-term ecological experiment. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 66:225-241.

Meserve, P. L., J. R. Gutiérrez, and F. M. Jaksic. 1993. Effects of vertebrate predation on a caviomorph rodent, the degu (Octodon degus) in a semiarid thorn scrub community in Chile. Oecologia 94:153-158.

Castro, S. A., S. I. Silva, P. L. Meserve, J. R. Gutiérrez, L. C. Contreras, and F. M. Jaksic. 1994. Frugivory and dispersal of seeds of pimiento (Schinus molle) by culpeo foxes (Pseudalopex culpaeus) in Fray Jorge National Park (IV Region, Chile). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 67:169-176.

Lagos, V. O., L. C. Contreras, P. L. Meserve, J. R. Gutiérrez, and F. M. Jaksic. 1995. Predation effects on space use by small mammals: a field experiment with a neotropical rodent, Octodon degus. Oikos 74:259-264.

Meserve, P. L., J. A. Yunger, J. R. Gutiérrez, L. C. Contreras, W. B. Milstead, B. K. Lang, K. L. Cramer, S. Herrera, V. O. Lagos, S. I. Silva, E. L. Tabilo, M.-A. Torrealba, and F. M. Jaksic. 1995. Heterogeneous responses of small mammals to an El Niño Southern Oscillation event in northcentral semiarid Chile and the importance of ecological scale. J. Mammal. 76:580-595.

Silva, S. I., I. Lazo, E. Silva-Aranguiz, F. M. Jaksic, and P. L. Meserve. 1995. Numerical and functional response of Burrowing Owls to long-term mammal fluctuations in Chile. J. Raptor Res. 29:250-255.

Meserve, P. L., J. R. Gutiérrez, J. A. Yunger, L. C. Contreras, and F. M. Jaksic. 1996. Role of biotic interactions in a small mammal assemblage in semiarid Chile. Ecology 77:133-148.

Gutiérrez, J. R., P. L. Meserve, S. Herrera, L. C. Contreras, and F. M. Jaksic. 1997. Effects of small mammals and vertebrate predators on vegetation in the Chilean semiarid zone. Oecologia 109:398-406.

Jaksic, F. M., S. I. Silva, P. L. Meserve, and J. R. Gutiérrez. 1997. A long-term study of vertebrate predator responses to an El Niño (ENSO) disturbance in western South America. Oikos 78:341-354.

Aguilera, L. E., J. R. Gutiérrez, and P. L. Meserve. 1999. Variation in soil micro-organisms and nutrients underneath and outside the canopy of Adesmia bedwellii (Papilionaceae) shrubs in arid coastal Chile following drought and above average rainfall. J. Arid Environmts. 42:61-70.

Meserve, P. L., W. B. Milstead, J. R. Gutiérrez, and F. M. Jaksic. 1999. The interplay of biotic and abiotic factors in a semiarid Chilean mammal assemblage: results of a long-term experiment. Oikos 85:364-372.

Salvatori, V., G. Vaglio-Laurin, P. L. Meserve, and L. Boitani. 1999. Spatial organization, activity, and social interactions of culpeo foxes (Pseudalopex culpaeus) in north-central Chile. J. Mammal. 80:711-719.

Aguilera, L. E., J. R. Gutiérrez, and P. L. Meserve. 2000. Spatial and temporal variation in the microbial community and associated nutrients of Adesmia bedwellii in the coastal arid zone of Chile, p. 178-181.IN P. Jimenez-Milon, C. Talavera-Delgado, L. Villegas-Paredes, A. Ortega-Paredes and F. Villasante-Benavides (eds.), Proceedings of the IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Ecologia, Ecology and sustainable development: challenge of Latin America for the third millennium (in Spanish). Industria Gráfica Regentus R.S. Ltda., Arequipa, Peru.

Gutiérrez, J. R., P. L. Meserve, and F. M. Jaksic. 2000. Effects of the El Niño Current on the terrestrial biota of arid ecosystems of South America, p. 91-94., pp 274 pp. IN P. Jimenez-Milon, C. Talavera-Delgado, L. Villegas-Paredes, A. Ortega-Paredes and F. Villasante-Benavides (eds.), Proceedings of the IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Ecologia, Ecology and sustainable development: challenge of Latin America for the third millennium (in Spanish). Industria Gráfica Regentus R.S. Ltda., Arequipa, Peru.

Gutiérrez, J. R., and P. L. Meserve. 2000. Density and biomass responses of ephemeral plants to experimental exclusions of small mammals and their vertebrate predators in the Chilean arid zone. J. Arid Environmts 45:173-181.

Meserve, P. L., W. B. Milstead, and J. R. Gutiérrez. In Press. Results of a food addition experiment in a north-central Chile small mammal assemblage: evidence for the role of "bottom-up" factors. Oikos .

Yunger, J.A., P.L. Meserve, and J.R. Gutiérrez. 2002. Small mammal foraging behavior: mechanisms for coexistence and implication for population dynamics. Ecological Monographs 72:561-577.

Gutiérrez, J.R. and P.L. Meserve. 2003. El Niño effects on the soil seed bank dynamics in north-central Chile. Oecologia 134:511-517.

Meserve, P.L., D.A. Kelt, W.B. Milstead, and J.R. Gutiérrez. 2003. Thirteen years of shifting top-down and bottom-up control. BioScience 53(7):633-646.

 Kelt, D.A., P.L. Meserve, K.L. Nabors, M.L. Forister, and J.R. Gutiérrez. 2004. Foraging ecology of small mammals in semiarid Chile: the interplay of biotic and abiotic effects. Ecology 85(2)383-397.

Kelt, D.A., P.L. Meserve, M.L. Forister, L.K.Nabors, and J.R. Gutiérrez. 2004. Seed predation by birds and small mammals in semiarid Chile. Oikos 104:131-141.

Kelt, D.A., P.L. Meserve, M.L. Forister, and J.R. Gutiérrez. 2004. Seed removal by small mammals, birds, and ants in semi-arid Chile, and comparisons with other systems. J. Biogeography 31:931-942.

Holmgren, M., P. Stapp, C.R. Dickman, C. Gracia, S. Graham, J.R. Gutiérrez, C. Hice, F. Jaksic, D.A. Kelt, M. Letnic, M. Lima, B.C. López, P.L. Meserve, W.B. Milstead, G.A. Polis, M.A. Previtali, M. Richter, S. Sabaté, and F.A. Squeo. 2006. Extreme climatic events shape arid and semiarid ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4 (2):87-95.

Lima, M., M.A. Previtali, and P.L. Meserve. 2006. Climate and small rodent dynamics in semi-arid Chile: the role of
lateral and vertical perturbations and intra-specific processes. Climate Research 30:125-132.

Holmgren, M., P. Stapp, C.R. Dickman, C. Gracia, S. Graham, J.R. Gutiérrez, C. Hice, F. Jaksic, D.A. Kelt, M. Letnic, M. Lima, B.C. López, P.L. Meserve, W.B. Milstead, G.A. Polis, M.A. Previtali, M. Richter, S. Sabaté, and F.A. Squeo. 2006. A synthesis of ENSO effects on drylands in Australia, North America and South America. Advances in Geosciences 6:69-72 (Humboldt Conference Proceedings). (pdf)

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Yunger, J.A., P.L. Meserve, and J.R. Gutiérrez. 2007. Effects of biotic interactions on spatial behavior of small mammals in a semiarid community in north-central Chile. IN:  Festschrift in honor of Oliver P. Pearson (D.A. Kelt, E. P. Lessa, J. L. Patton, J. Salazar-Bravo, eds.).  University of California Publications in Zoology pg. 141-164.