Heterogeneity decreases as time since fire increases in a South American grassland
Fire promotes heterogeneity in grassland
Resumen:
Disturbances change the fundamental properties of grasslands on different spatio-temporal scales. Uruguay is part of the Río de la Plata grasslands, and 60% is occupied by native grasslands dominated by perennial species. In plant communities dominated by tall tussock grasses, patchy and asynchronous field burns are a traditional practice among ranchers. We asked: how do the structural characteristics of vegetation vary in patches with different time since the last fire?
2021 | |
ANII: POS_NAC_2013_11159 ANII: FCE_2013_100601 CSIC: Grupos 433 CSIC: INI_2013 |
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Species richness Plant coverage Plant groups Grazing Burn Saccharum angustifolium Succession Uruguayan grasslands |
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Universidad de la República | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/33390 | |
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Licencia Creative Commons Atribución - No Comercial - Sin Derivadas (CC - By-NC-ND 4.0) |
Sumario: | Versión permitida: preprint. Wiley |
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