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 Evidence on the composition and spatial distribution of the native flora can support efforts to protect remaining fragments of fog oases [@muenchow_predictive_2013; @muenchow_soil_2013].
 
 In this chapter you will analyze the composition and the spatial distribution of vascular plants (here referring mostly to flowering plants) on the southern slope of Mt. Mongón, a *lomas* mountain near Casma on the central northern coast of Peru (Figure \@ref(fig:study-area-mongon)).
-During a field study to Mt. Mongón, all vascular plants living in 100 randomly sampled 4$\times$4 m^2^ plots in the austral winter of 2011  were recorded [@muenchow_predictive_2013].
+During a field study to Mt. Mongón, all vascular plants living in 100 randomly sampled 4 by 4 m^2^ plots in the austral winter of 2011  were recorded [@muenchow_predictive_2013].
 The sampling coincided with a strong La Niña event that year, as shown in data published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ([NOAA](https://origin.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ONI_v5.php)).
 This led to even higher levels of aridity than usual in the coastal desert and increased fog activity on the southern slopes of Peruvian *lomas* mountains.