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dc.contributor.authorSvejcar, L.N.
dc.contributor.authorPeinetti, H.R.
dc.contributor.authorBestelmeyer, B.T.
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-22T00:26:57Z
dc.date.available2024-02-22T00:26:57Z
dc.date.issued2018-07
dc.identifier.citationSvejcar, L. N., Peinetti, H. R., & Bestelmeyer, B. T. (2018). Effect of climoedaphic heterogeneity on woody plant dominance in the Argentine Caldenal Region. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 71(4), 409-416.
dc.identifier.issn1550-7424
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.rama.2018.03.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/671032
dc.description.abstractWoody plant encroachment is widespread throughout drylands of the world, but rates and patterns of encroachment at the regional scale can be mediated by soil and climate. Climoedaphic properties may therefore help to explain patterns of woody plant dominance. In the Caldenal region of central Argentina, which is experiencing widespread woody plant encroachment, we used stratified and targeted inventory of vegetation and soils alongside climate data to classify vegetation states and then identify factors indicating resistance to woody plant encroachment. We found that three climoedaphic contexts differed in the degree of woody plant dominance. Sandsheet landforms had the lowest likelihood of a shrub thicket state. Within loamy soils, sites with deep soil carbonates in warmer and wetter climates were less likely to feature a shrub thicket state than sites with shallow carbonates in cooler and drier climates. These contexts serve as a basis for recognizing different ecological sites to assist mapping and prioritization of management interventions in the Caldenal region. Simple inventory-based approaches can be helpful for designing land management recommendations in other ecosystems.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety for Range Management
dc.relation.urlhttps://rangelands.org/
dc.rights© 2018 The Society for Range Management. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectCondalia microphylla
dc.subjectecological sites
dc.subjectProsopis caldenia
dc.subjectsoil
dc.subjectstate and transition models
dc.subjectthicketization
dc.titleEffect of Climoedaphic Heterogeneity on Woody Plant Dominance in the Argentine Caldenal Region
dc.typeArticle
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dc.identifier.eissn1551-5028
dc.identifier.journalRangeland Ecology & Management
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Rangeland Ecology & Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal Published Version
dc.source.journaltitleRangeland Ecology & Management
dc.source.volume71
dc.source.issue4
dc.source.beginpage409
dc.source.endpage416
refterms.dateFOA2024-02-22T00:26:57Z


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