Forest fragmentation in the Argentine Chaco: recruitment and population patterns of dominant tree species
The forest in the Central Argentine Chaco has been dramatically fragmented and persists only as isolated patches in an agricultural matrix. In this study, we evaluated the effects of fragmentation on total density, recruitment, and size-class structure of its dominant tree species, a key issue, alth...
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paper:paper_13850237_v216_n11_p1499_Torrella2023-06-08T16:12:35Z Forest fragmentation in the Argentine Chaco: recruitment and population patterns of dominant tree species Forest conservation Forest cover Fragment size Schinopsis Size-class structure conservation planning dominance forest cover fragmentation landscape population size recruitment (population dynamics) temperate forest tree Argentina Chaco [Argentina] Cordia Schinopsis Schinopsis balansae The forest in the Central Argentine Chaco has been dramatically fragmented and persists only as isolated patches in an agricultural matrix. In this study, we evaluated the effects of fragmentation on total density, recruitment, and size-class structure of its dominant tree species, a key issue, although little explored, for forest conservation in the region. We particularly analyzed the effects of fragment size and forest cover at landscape level on seven of the most important tree species of the forest. Our results suggest that forest cover at landscape level is more important than fragment size to explain the population patterns of the main tree species. Fragment size was relevant in only one species, Cordia americana, whereas forest cover resulted relevant in five species. The size-class structure of Schinopsis balansae, one of the dominant species of the upper stratum, appeared to be affected in landscapes with less forest cover, showing lower densities of the smaller classes. Our results show that for the conservation of the forest it would be important to increase their protection degree against the expansion of agriculture, attempting to preserve as much of the forest as possible, to promote the forest cover at landscape level and give relevance even to the smallest fragments. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. 2015 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_13850237_v216_n11_p1499_Torrella http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_13850237_v216_n11_p1499_Torrella |
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Forest conservation Forest cover Fragment size Schinopsis Size-class structure conservation planning dominance forest cover fragmentation landscape population size recruitment (population dynamics) temperate forest tree Argentina Chaco [Argentina] Cordia Schinopsis Schinopsis balansae |
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Forest conservation Forest cover Fragment size Schinopsis Size-class structure conservation planning dominance forest cover fragmentation landscape population size recruitment (population dynamics) temperate forest tree Argentina Chaco [Argentina] Cordia Schinopsis Schinopsis balansae Forest fragmentation in the Argentine Chaco: recruitment and population patterns of dominant tree species |
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Forest conservation Forest cover Fragment size Schinopsis Size-class structure conservation planning dominance forest cover fragmentation landscape population size recruitment (population dynamics) temperate forest tree Argentina Chaco [Argentina] Cordia Schinopsis Schinopsis balansae |
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The forest in the Central Argentine Chaco has been dramatically fragmented and persists only as isolated patches in an agricultural matrix. In this study, we evaluated the effects of fragmentation on total density, recruitment, and size-class structure of its dominant tree species, a key issue, although little explored, for forest conservation in the region. We particularly analyzed the effects of fragment size and forest cover at landscape level on seven of the most important tree species of the forest. Our results suggest that forest cover at landscape level is more important than fragment size to explain the population patterns of the main tree species. Fragment size was relevant in only one species, Cordia americana, whereas forest cover resulted relevant in five species. The size-class structure of Schinopsis balansae, one of the dominant species of the upper stratum, appeared to be affected in landscapes with less forest cover, showing lower densities of the smaller classes. Our results show that for the conservation of the forest it would be important to increase their protection degree against the expansion of agriculture, attempting to preserve as much of the forest as possible, to promote the forest cover at landscape level and give relevance even to the smallest fragments. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. |
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Forest fragmentation in the Argentine Chaco: recruitment and population patterns of dominant tree species |
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Forest fragmentation in the Argentine Chaco: recruitment and population patterns of dominant tree species |
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Forest fragmentation in the Argentine Chaco: recruitment and population patterns of dominant tree species |
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Forest fragmentation in the Argentine Chaco: recruitment and population patterns of dominant tree species |
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Forest fragmentation in the Argentine Chaco: recruitment and population patterns of dominant tree species |
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forest fragmentation in the argentine chaco: recruitment and population patterns of dominant tree species |
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2015 |
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https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_13850237_v216_n11_p1499_Torrella http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_13850237_v216_n11_p1499_Torrella |
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