• Adapting to climate change on desert rangelands: A multi-site comparison of grazing behavior plasticity of heritage and improved beef cattle 

      Cibils, Andrés Francisco; Estell, Richard E.; Spiegal, Sheri; Nyamuryekung'e, Shelemia; McIntosh, Matthew; Duni, Danielle M.; Herrera Conegliano, Oscar Ariel; Rodriguez Almeida, Felipe A.; Roacho Estrada, Octavio; Blanco, Lisandro Javier; Duniway, Michael C.; Utsumi, Santiago A.; Gonzalez, Alfredo L. (Elsevier, 2023-02)
      Climate change is amplifying the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of desert rangeland forages through its impact on precipitation variability. Foraging behavior plasticity (an animal's ability to alter its behavior to cope ...
    • Defoliation intensity and simulated grazing strategy effects on three C4 rangeland bunchgrasses 

      Quiroga, Raul Emiliano; Blanco, Lisandro Javier; Namur, Pedro Ramón (2018-01)
      Defoliation intensity and timing are two important factors determining plants response to grazing. These factors can be managed by adjusting stocking rate and applying a grazing strategy. In a 6-yr clipping experiment ...
    • Environmental factors regulate soilmicrobial attributes and their response to drought in rangeland ecosystems 

      Toledo, Santiago; Bondaruk, Viviana F.; Yahdjian, Laura; Oñatibia, Gastón Rafael; Loydi, Alejandro; Alberti, Juan; Bruschetti, Martín; Pascual, Jesús; Peter, Guadalupe; Agüero, Walter Damian; Namur, Pedro Ramón; Blanco, Lisandro Javier; Peri, Pablo Luis (Elsevier, 2023-09)
      In ecosystems, soil microbial variables characterization are used to determine soil biological health and the response of soils to environmental stress. Although there are strong associations between plants and soil ...
    • Forage provision is more affected by droughts in arid and semi-arid than in mesic rangelands 

      Bondaruk, Viviana F.; Oñatibia, Gastón Rafael; Fernández, Roberto J.; Agüero, Walter Damian; Blanco, Lisandro Javier; Bruschetti, Martín; Kröpfl, Alicia; Loydi, Alejandro; Pascual, Jesús; Peri, Pablo Luis; Peter, Guadalupe; Quiroga, Raul Emiliano; Yahdjian, Laura (Wiley, 2022-06)
      Droughts are projected to increase in magnitude, frequency and duration in the near future. In rangelands, the provision of valuable ecosystem services such as forage supply for livestock productivity is intimately linked ...
    • Foraging behavior of Argentine Criollo and Angus cows grazing semi-desert rangelands in the Arid Gran Chaco region of Argentina 

      Herrera Conegliano, Oscar Ariel; Blanco, Lisandro Javier; Utsumi, Santiago A.; Cibils, Andrés Francisco; Cendoya, Maria Gabriela; Jaimes, Florencia; Moltoni, Andres Fernando; Ricci, Patricia (Elsevier, 2022-11)
      We monitored grazing behavior and habitat selection of Argentine Criollo (AC), South American heritage cattle breed, and Angus (AA) cows during summer and winter of 2016 (wetter year) and 2017 (drier year) at a site in La ...
    • Greenhouse gas emissions from beef grazing systems in semi-arid rangelands of central Argentina 

      Nieto, Maria Isabel; Barrantes Díaz, Olivia; Privitello, Liliana; Reine Viñales, Ramón (MDPI, 2018-11)
      The livestock sector can be a major contributor to the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Within the sector, beef production produces the largest proportion of the livestock sector’s direct emissions. The objective ...