• A novel mechanism to simulate intercropping and relay cropping using the DayCent model 

      Della Chiesa, Tomas; Del Grosso, Stephen; Hartman, Melannie; Parton, William; Echarte, Laura; Yahdjian, Laura; Piñeiro, Gervasio (Elsevier, 2022-01-03)
      Combining different crops in complex spatial and temporal arrangements can increase resource use efficiency and reduce negative environmental impacts in croplands. Simulation models are useful tools to explore new management ...
    • Better estimates of soil carbon from geographical data: a revised global approach 

      Duarte Guardia, Sandra; Peri, Pablo Luis; Amelung, Wulf; Sheil, Douglas; Laffan, Shawn W.; Borchard, Nils; Bird, Michael I.; Dieleman, Wouter; Pepper, David A.; Zutta, Brian; Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel; Silva, Lucas C. R.; Bonser, Stephen P.; Berhongaray, Gonzalo; Piñeiro, Gervasio; Martinez, Maria Jose; Cowie, Annette L.; Ladd, Brenton (2018-05)
      Soils hold the largest pool of organic carbon (C) on Earth; yet, soil organic carbon (SOC) reservoirs are not well represented in climate change mitigation strategies because our database for ecosystems where human impacts ...
    • Carbon Sequestration in Temperate Silvopastoral Systems, Argentina 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Banegas, Natalia Romina; Gasparri, Néstor Ignacio; Carranza, Carlos; Rossner, Maria Belen; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José; Cavallero, Laura; Lopez, Dardo Ruben; Loto, Dante; Fernandez, Pedro David; Powel, Priscila; Ledesma, Marcela; Pedraza, Raúl; Albanesi de Garay, Ada Susana; Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro; Eclesia, Roxana Paola; Piñeiro, Gervasio (Springer, 2018-01)
      Silvopastoral systems (SPS) provide a wide range of non-provisioning ecosystem services including carbon (C) sequestration. Well-managed SPS outperform both grasslands/pastures and forests in terms of C by increasing soil ...
    • Consecuencias del reemplazo de ecosistemas naturales sudamericanos por forestaciones y pasturas megatérmicas: efectos sobre el carbono orgánico edáfico 

      Eclesia, Roxana Paola (Escuela para Graduados Ing. Agr. Alberto Soriano, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2011-05-05)
      Los cambios de uso de la tierra afectan los contenidos de carbono orgánico del suelo (COS), alterando tanto las entradas como las salidas de C en el suelo. En esta tesis se analizó, a partir de una revisión bibliográfica, ...
    • Higher than expected N2O emissions from soybean crops in the Pampas Region of Argentina: Estimates from DayCent simulations and field measurements 

      Della Chiesa, Tomas; Piñeiro, Gervasio; Del Grosso, Stephen J.; Parton, William J.; Araujo, Patricia Ines; Yahdjian, Laura (Elsevier, 2022-08)
      In developing countries, agriculture generally represents a large fraction of GHG emissions reported in National Inventories, and emissions are typically estimated using Tier 1 IPCC guidelines. However, field data and ...
    • Increased cropping intensity improves crop residue inputs to the soil and aggregate-associated soil organic carbon stocks 

      Novelli, Leonardo Esteban; Caviglia, Octavio; Piñeiro, Gervasio (Elsevier, 2017-01)
      Many South American agroecosystems are based mainly on soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] as a sole crop in the year, which has increased concerns regarding soil conservation and ecosystems sustainability. The increase in ...
    • Increases in nitrogen use efficiency decrease nitrous oxide emissions but can penalize yield in sugarcane 

      Chalco Vera, Jorge Elías; Portocarrero, Rocio; Piñeiro, Gervasio; Acreche, Martin Moises (Springer, 2021-11)
      Nitrogen (N) fertilization strategies focused on increasing nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and decreasing nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions are important for sustainable crop production. In sugarcane, however, a joint assessment ...
    • Lost forever? Ecosystem functional changes occurring after agricultural abandonment and forest recovery in the semiarid Chaco forests 

      Basualdo, María de los Angeles; Huykman, Natalia; Volante, Jose Norberto; Paruelo, José María; Piñeiro, Gervasio (2018-09)
      Semiarid forests are worldwide threatened by land use changes, particularly agriculture. However, in some cases, due to particular economic or social processes, agriculture ends and forests may or may not recover to their ...
    • MAGGnet : an international network to foster mitigation of agricultural greehouse gases 

      Lewczuk, Nuria; Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela; Liebig, M.A.; Franzluebbers, A.J.; Alvarez, Carolina; Chiesa, Tomás Della; Piñeiro, Gervasio; Yahdjian, María Laura; Grace, P.; Cabral, Osvaldo Machado Rodrigues; Martin-Neto, Ladislau; Rodrigues, Renato de Aragao Ribeiro; Amiro, B.; Angers, D.; Hao, X.; Oelbermann, M.; Tenuta, M.; Munkholm, L.J.; Regina, K.; Cellier, Pierre; Ehrhardt, Fiona; Richard, G.; Dechow, R.; Agus, F.; Widiarta, N.; Spink, J.; Berti, Antonio; Grignani, Carlo; Mazzoncini, Marco; Orsini, Roberto; Roggero, Pier Paolo; Seddaiu, Giovanna; Tei, Francesco; Ventrella, Domenico; Vitali, Giuliano; Kishimoto-Mo, A.; Shirato, Y.; Sudo, S.; Shin, J.; Schipper, L.; Savé, Robert; Leifeld, J.; Spadavecchia, L.; Yeluripati, J.; Del Grosso, Stephen J.; Rice, Charles W.; Sawchik, Jorge (2016)
      Research networks provide a framework for review, synthesis and systematic testing of theories by multiple scientists across international borders critical for addressing global-scale issues. In 2012, a GHG research network ...
    • Ojos que no ven… ¿Qué podemos hacer para incluir más a la fracción subterránea en estudios de vegetación? 

      López Mársico, Luis; Pestoni, Sofía; Conti, Georgina; Pérez-Harguindeguy, Natalia; Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José; Pinto, Priscila; Sarquis, Agustín; Reyes, María Fernanda; Peri, Pablo Luis; Piñeiro, Gervasio (Asociación Argentina de Ecología, 2020-06)
      Conocer la estructura y el funcionamiento de la fracción subterránea de la vegetación es fundamental para comprender numerosos procesos que ocurren en distintos niveles de organización. Sin embargo, dicha fracción fue menos ...
    • Secuestro de carbono en sistemas silvopastoriles templados, Argentina. 

      Peri, Pablo Luis; Banegas, Natalia Romina; Gasparri, Néstor Ignacio; Carranza, Carlos; Rossner, Maria Belen; Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José; Cavallero, Laura; Lopez, Dardo Ruben; Loto, Dante; Fernandez, Pedro David; Powel, Priscila; Ledesma, Marcela; Pedraza, Raúl; Albanesi de Garay, Ada Susana; Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro; Eclesia, Roxana Paola; Piñeiro, Gervasio (Ediciones INTA, 2018-10-31)
      El cambio climático global es uno de los principales problemas que enfrenta el mundo de hoy. Algunas manifestaciones de dicho cambio son el incremento de cerca de medio grado centígrado desde el siglo pasado, y cambios en ...
    • Silvopastoral systems of the Chaco forests: effects of trees on grass growth 

      Baldassini, Pablo; Desposito, Cristian Daniel; Piñeiro, Gervasio; Paruelo, José María (Elsevier, 2018)
      The area devoted to Silvopastoral systems is increasing worldwide due to its complementary production of beef and wood. Understanding the competition between trees and grasses is critical to identify potential trade-offs ...
    • Stabilization of new carbon inputs rather than old carbon decomposition determines soil organic carbon shifts following woody or herbaceous vegetation transitions 

      Eclesia, Roxana Paola; Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel; Jackson, Robert B.; Rizzotto, Marcos Gregorio; Piñeiro, Gervasio (Springer, 2016-12)
      Background and aims: Although numerous studies have quantified the effects of land-use changes on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, few have examined simultaneously the weight of carbon (C) inputs vs. outputs in shaping ...
    • Status, trends and future dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystems underpinning nature’s contributions to people 

      Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Arroyo, Mary T.K.; Abell, Robin; Ackerly, David; Ackerman, Daniel; Arim, Matias.; Belnap, Jayne; Castañeda Moya, Francisco; Dee, Laura E.; Estrada-Carmona, Natalia; Gobin, Judith; Isbell, Forest; Köhler, Gunther; Koops, Marten; Kraft, Nathan; Macfarlane, Nicholas; Martínez-Garza, Cristina; Metzger, Jean-Paul; Mora, Arturo; Oatham, Michael; Paglia, Adriano; Pedrana, Julieta; Peri, Pablo Luis; Piñeiro, Gervasio; Randall, Robert; Weis, Judith; Walker Robbins, Wren; Ziller, Silvia Renate (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), 2018)
      Biodiversity is linked to ecosystem functions and is highly relevant to NCP across the ecologically diverse and species-rich Americas. All units of analysis of the Americas considered contribute to human well-being. However, ...