Unprecedented plant species loss after a decade in fragmented subtropical Chaco Serrano forests. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Current biodiversity loss is mostly caused by anthropogenic habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, and resource exploitation. Measuring the balance of species loss and gain in remaining fragmented landscapes throughout time entails a central ...
Ramiro Aguilar +8 more
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The role of small woodland remnants on ground dwelling insect conservation in Chaco Serrano, Central Argentina. [PDF]
J Insect Sci, 2013 Most terrestrial ecosystems are changing due to extensive land use, with habitat fragmentation being a major threat to biodiversity. We studied the effects of patch size, isolation and edge/interior localization on the ground dwelling insect communities ...
Moreno ML +3 more
europepmc +9 more sources
Changes in Species Richness and Composition of Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) among Three Neotropical Ecoregions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Paraná, Yungas and Chaco Serrano ecoregions are among the most species-rich terrestrial habitats at higher latitude. However, the information for tiger moths, one of the most speciose groups of moths, is unknown in these ecoregions.
Hernán Mario Beccacece +2 more
doaj +7 more sources
From morphology to molecules: a combined source approach to untangle the taxonomy of Clessinia (Gastropoda, Odontostomidae), endemic land snails from the Dry Chaco ecoregion [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Land gastropods of the Dry Chaco merit special attention because they comprise a highly diverse but barely studied group. Clessinia Doering, 1875 are typical inhabitants of this ecoregion.
Maria Gabriela Cuezzo +3 more
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Discovery of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Mosses of the Pottiaceae Family from the Chaco Serrano (Tucumán, Argentina) [PDF]
PlantsArbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are symbiotic fungi that associate with the vast majority of terrestrial plants. Among non-vascular plants, while AMF associations are well-documented in liverworts and hornworts, there is a broad consensus that ...
Myriam del V. Catania +9 more
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Estructura de un ensamble de anuros del Chaco Serrano de Argentina
Caldasia, 2021 La abundancia como parámetro demográfico es un elemento importante de la dinámica poblacional, permitiendo hacer comparaciones espaciotemporales y evaluar el estado de salud de las especies.
Rodrigo Alfredo Nieva Cocilio +3 more
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Predators do not spill over from forest fragments to maize fields in a landscape mosaic in central Argentina. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2017 South America is undergoing a rapid and large scale conversion of natural habitats to cultivated land. Ecosystem services (ESs) still remain important but their level and sustainability are not known.
Ferrante M, González E, Lövei GL.
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Lilloa, 2022 Fertile plants of Lejeunea capensis were found in Tucumán, Argentina. The population discovered in the Chaco Serrano represents a new location with respect to the nearest occurrences in Northwest of Argentina and is the first record of sporophyte ...
Guillermo Martin Suarez +2 more
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Cambios florísticos inducidos por la frecuencia de fuego en el Chaco Serrano.
Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2017 Las Sierras Chicas de Córdoba son el cordón montañoso con mayor frecuencia de fuego del centro de Argentina. Sin embargo, hasta el momento no se ha evaluado cuál es la respuesta de las comunidades de plantas del Chaco Serrano a los efectos de la ...
Lucas M. Carbone +3 more
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Determining fuel moisture thresholds to assess wildfire hazard: A contribution to an operational early warning system. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Fuel moisture content (FMC) is an important fuel property for assessing wildfire hazard, since it influences fuel flammability and fire behavior. The relationship between FMC and fire activity differs among land covers and seems to be a property of each ...
Juan P Argañaraz +3 more
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