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We assessed components of woody plant diversity within and between 16 sites dispersed across the nearly 200,000 ha of the Semi-arid Chaco vegetation of the Copo Conservation Unit, northern Argentina. Argentina's Semi-arid Chaco is an object of international conservation concern, as it is under pressure from conversion to agroindustry supplanting long-standing practices of logging and livestock grazing. We recorded from 16 (shrubby grassland following forest fire) to 27 (selectively logged forest) woody plant species per site and 37 species in total (gamma diversity). Additive partitioning showed that alpha diversity contributed 59% to gamma diversity and beta diversity only 41%. A separate additive partitioning of gamma diversity of the 13 forested sites alone showed that beta diversity attributable to logging history was considerably lower than remaining beta diversity and alpha diversity. Ordination analyses confirmed this finding: species composition of unlogged, selectively logged and intensively logged forest sites was quite similar. Results suggest that (1) woody vegetation, at least, of the Semi-arid Chaco is quite tolerant to traditional modes of land use and that (2) conservation of this vegetation as a whole must include not only "pristine" sites varying in edaphic conditions but also sites varying in land use and management histories. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Components of woody plant diversity in semi-arid Chaco forests with heterogeneous land use and disturbance histories
Autor:Tálamo, A.; de Casenave, J.L.; Caziani, S.M.
Filiación:Instituto de Bio y Geociencias (IBIGEO), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Avda. Bolivia 5150, CP 4400 Salta, Argentina
Departamento de Ecología, Genética and Evolución, Facultad de Cs. Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Piso 4, Pab. 2, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Additive partitioning of diversity; Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Chaco forest; Gamma diversity; Woody plant diversity; agroindustry; biodiversity; environmental disturbance; forest management; grazing pressure; habitat conservation; heterogeneity; land use change; logging (timber); semiarid region; woody plant; Argentina; Chaco [Argentina]
Año:2012
Volumen:85
Página de inicio:79
Página de fin:85
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.05.008
Título revista:Journal of Arid Environments
Título revista abreviado:J. Arid Environ.
ISSN:01401963
CODEN:JAEND
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01401963_v85_n_p79_Talamo

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Tálamo, A., de Casenave, J.L. & Caziani, S.M. (2012) . Components of woody plant diversity in semi-arid Chaco forests with heterogeneous land use and disturbance histories. Journal of Arid Environments, 85, 79-85.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.05.008
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Tálamo, A., de Casenave, J.L., Caziani, S.M. "Components of woody plant diversity in semi-arid Chaco forests with heterogeneous land use and disturbance histories" . Journal of Arid Environments 85 (2012) : 79-85.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.05.008
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Tálamo, A., de Casenave, J.L., Caziani, S.M. "Components of woody plant diversity in semi-arid Chaco forests with heterogeneous land use and disturbance histories" . Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 85, 2012, pp. 79-85.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.05.008
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Tálamo, A., de Casenave, J.L., Caziani, S.M. Components of woody plant diversity in semi-arid Chaco forests with heterogeneous land use and disturbance histories. J. Arid Environ. 2012;85:79-85.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.05.008