Does sheep selectivity along grazing paths negatively affect biological crusts and soil seed banks in arid shrublands? A case study in the Patagonian Monte, Argentina

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2091-2096

  Bertiller, M B ^a,b   Ares, J O ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Annual grasses; Biological crusts; Grazing lands; Patch selection; Perennial grasses; Sustainable management; Watering point

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; SEED; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANNUAL GRASS; BIOLOGICAL CRUSTS; BIOLOGICAL SOIL; GRAZING LAND; PATCH SELECTION; PERENNIAL GRASS; SHRUBLANDS; SOIL SEED BANK; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WATERING POINT;

VEGETATION;

ANNUAL PLANT; GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PATCH SIZE; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEED BANK; SHEEP; SHRUBLAND; TRAMPLING; WATERING POINT;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; GRASS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; RANGELAND; SCRUB; SEEDLING; SHEEP; SHRUB; SOIL; SOIL SEED BANK; SPECIES; VEGETATION;

ARGENTINA; MONTE; PATAGONIA;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 79956015829     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.03.027     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Ares J.O., Beeskow A.M., Bertiller M.B., Rostagno C.M., Irisarri M.P., Anchorena J., Defossé G.E., Merino C.A. Structural and dynamic characteristics of overgrazed grasslands of northern Patagonia. Managed Grasslands. Regional Studies 1990, 149-175. Elsevier, Amsterdam. A. Breymeyer (Ed.).
2. Baldi R., Pelliza-Sbriller A., Lestón D., Albon S. High potential for competition between guanacos and sheep in Patagonia. Journal of Wildlife Management 2004, 59:351-358.
3. Belnap J. Biological soil crusts and wind erosion. Biological Crusts: Structure, Function, and Management 2003, 315-326. Springer, Heidelberg. J. Belnap, O.L. Lange (Eds.).
4. Belnap J., Eldridge D. Disturbance and recovery of biological crusts. Biological Crusts: Structure, Function, and Management 2003, 363-383. Springer, Heidelberg. J. Belnap, O.L. Lange (Eds.).
5. Belnap J., Prasse R., Harper K.T. Influence of biological crusts on soil environments and vascular plants. Biological Crusts: Structure, Function, and Management 2003, 281-300. Springer, Heidelberg. J. Belnap, O.L. Lange (Eds.).
6. Bertiller M.B. Seasonal variation in the seed bank of a Patagonian grassland in relation to grazing and topography. Journal of Vegetation Science 1992, 3:47-54.
7. Bertiller M.B. Grazing effects on sustainable semiarid rangelands in Patagonia. The state and dynamics of the soil seed bank. Environmental Management 1996, 20:123-132.
8. Bertiller M.B. Spatial patterns of the germinable soil seed bank in northern Patagonia. Seed Science Research 1998, 8:39-45.
9. Bertiller M.B., Ares J.O. Sheep spatial grazing strategies at the arid Patagonian Monte. Rangeland Ecology and Management 2008, 61:38-47.
10. Bisigato A.J., Bertiller M.B. Grazing effects on patchy dryland vegetation in northern Patagonia. Journal of Arid Environments 1997, 36:639-653.
11. Bisigato A.J., Bertiller M.B. Temporal and micro-spatial patterning of seedling establishment. Consequences for patch dynamics in the southern Monte, Argentina. Plant Ecology 2004, 174:235-246.
12. Busso C.A., Bonvissuto G.L. Soil seed bank in and between vegetation patches in arid Patagonia, Argentina. Environmental and Experimental Botany 2009, 67:188-195.
13. Caballero I., Olano J.M., Escudero A., Loidi J. Seed bank spatial structure in semi-arid environments: beyond the patch-bare area dicotomy. Plant Ecology 2008, 195:215-223.
14. Correa M.N. Flora Patagónica (República Argentina) 1971-1999, Tomo VIII. Colección Científica del INTA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Volume I (1998), 391 p. Volume II (1969), 219 p. Volume III (1978), 563 p. Volume IVa (1984), 559 p. Volume IVb (1984), 309 p. Volume V (1988), 381 p. Volume VI (1999). 536 p. Volume VII (1971), 451 p.
15. Cousens R.D., Wiegand T., Taghizadeeh M.S. Small-scale spatial structure within patterns of seed dispersal. Oecologia 2008, 158:437-448.
16. DeFalco L.A., Esque T.C., Kane J.M., Nicklas M.B. Seed banks in a degraded desert shrubland: influence of soil surface condition and harvester ant activity on seed abundance. Journal of Arid Environments 2009, 73:885-893.
17. Du Toit G., van N., Snyman H.A., Malan P.J. Physical impact of grazing by sheep on soil parameters in the Nama Karoo subshrub/grass rangeland of South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 2009, 73:804-810.
18. Kemp P.R. Seed bank and vegetation processes in deserts. Ecology of Soil Seed Banks 1989, 257-282. Academic Press, San Diego. M.A. Leck, V.T. Parker, R.L. Simpson (Eds.).
19. Lalley J.S., Viles H.A. Recovery of lichen-dominated soil crusts in a hyper-arid desert. Biodiversity and Conservation 2008, 17:1-20.
20. Langhans T.M., Storm C., Schwabe A. Regeneration processes of biological crusts, macro-cryptogams and vascular plant species after fine-scale disturbance in a temperate region: recolonization or successional replacement?. Flora 2010, 205:46-60.
21. León R.J.C., Bran D., Collantes M., Paruello J.M., Soriano A. Grandes unidades de la Patagonia extra andina. Ecología Austral 1998, 8:125-144.
22. Milchunas D.G., Lauenroth W.K. Quantitative effects of grazing on vegetation and soils over a global range of environments. Ecological Monographs 1993, 63:327-366.
23. Mueller-Dombois D., Ellenberg H. Aims and Methods of Vegetation Ecology 1974, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York.
24. Norusis M.J. SPSS Advanced Statistics 7.5 1997, SPSS. Inc., Chicago.
25. Paruelo J.M., Pütz S., Weber G., Bertiller M.B., Golluscio R.A., Aguiar M.R., Wiegand T. Long-term dynamics of a semiarid grass steppe under stochastic climate and different grazing regimes: a simulation analysis. Journal of Arid Environments 2008, 72:2211-2231.
26. Pazos G.E., Bertiller M.B. Spatial patterns of the germinable soil seed bank of coexisting perennial-grass species in grazed shrublands of the Patagonian Monte. Plant Ecology 2008, 198:11-120.
27. Pietola L., Horn R., Yli-Halla M. Effects of trampling by cattle on the hydraulic and mechanical properties of soil. Soil and Tillage Research 2005, 82:99-108.
28. Pringle H.J.R., Landsberg J. Predicting the distribution of livestock grazing pressure in rangelands. Austral Ecology 2004, 29:31-39.
29. Scutari N., Bertiller M.B., Carrera A. Soil-associated lichens in rangelands of north-eastern Patagonia. Their potential as bioindicators of conservation and grazing disturbance. The Lichenologist 2004, 36:405-412.
30. Somlo O.R. Atlas dietario de herbívoros patagónicos 1997, PRODESAR-INTA-GTZ, Bariloche, Bariloche, Argentina.
31. Thompson K., Band S.R., Hodgson J.G. Seed size and shape predict persistence in soil. Functional Ecology 1993, 7:236-241.
32. Warren S.D. Biological crusts and hydrology in north American deserts. Biological Crusts: Structure, Function, and Management 2003, 327-338. Springer, Heidelberg. J. Belnap, O.L. Lange (Eds.).
33. Washington-Allen R.A., Van Niel T.G., Ramsey R.D., West N.E. Remote sensing-based piosphere analysis. GIScience and Remote Sensing 2004, 41:136-154.
34. Williams J.D., Dobrowolski J.P., West N.E., Gillette D.A. Microphytic crust influence on wind erosion. Transactions of the ASAE 1995, 38:131-137.
35. Yoshihara Y., Ohkuro T., Bunveibaatar B., Jamsran U., Takeuchi K. Spatial pattern of grazing affects influence of herbivores on spatial heterogeneity of plants and soils. Oecologia 2010, 162:427-434.