• Ecosystem services and disservices associated with pastoral systems from Patagonia, Argentina –A review 

      Tittonell, Pablo Adrian; Hara, Sofia Maria; Alvarez, Valeria Esther; Aramayo, Maria Valeria Del Luján; Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto; Easdale, Marcos Horacio; Enriquez, Andrea Soledad; Laborda, Luciana; Trinco, Fabio Daniel; Villagra, Edgar Sebastian; El Mujtar, Veronica Andrea (EDP Sciences, 2021-11-11)
      Pastoral systems worldwide secure rural livelihoods in the harshest environments on Earth. Their low productivity per area unit or head makes them the subject of much criticism with regard to their environmental impact, ...
    • Evaluación de dieta de herbívoros en sitios piloto de Manejo del Bosque con Ganadería Integrada (MBGI) de Patagonia Norte 

      Borrelli, Laura Beatriz; Diez, Juan Pablo; Varela, Santiago Agustin (EEA Bariloche, INTA, 2022-12)
      El manejo del bosque con ganadería integrada (MBGI) se implementó en el año 2015 a partir de un convenio entre el Ministerio de Agroindustria y el Ministerio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable, con los objetivos de (i) ...
    • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands 

      Maestre, Fernando Tomas; Gaitan, Juan Jose; Aramayo, Maria Valeria Del Lujan; Ahumada, Rodrigo José; Ferrante, Daniela; Leder, Cintia V.; Oliva, Gabriel Esteban; Bran, Donaldo Eduardo; Gross, Nicolas (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2022-11-25)
      Grazing represents the most extensive use of land worldwide. Yet its impacts on ecosystem services remain uncertain because pervasive interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil properties, and biodiversity may ...
    • Linking ecosystem resistance, resilience, and stability in steppes of North Patagonia 

      Lopez, Dardo Ruben; Brizuela, Miguel Angel; Willems, Priscila Mabel; Aguiar, Martín Roberto; Siffredi, Guillermo Lorenzo; Bran, Donaldo Eduardo (Elsevier, 2013-01)
      The main objective of an ecosystem sustainable management is to preserve its capacity to respond and adapt to current disturbances and/or future changes, and maintain the provision of environmental goods and services. Two ...
    • Operationalising ecosystem service assessment in Bayesian Belief Netwoks: Experiences within the OpenNESS project 

      Smith, Ron I.; Barton, David N.; Dick, Jan; Haines-Young, Roy; Madsen, Anders L.; Rusch, Graciela M.; Termansen, Mette; Woods, Helen; Carvalho, Lawrence; Giuca, Relu Constantin; Luque, Sandra; Odee, David; Rusch, Veronica Elena; Saarikoski, Heli; Adamescu, Cristian; Dunford, Rob; Ochieng, John; Gonzalez-Redin, Julen; Stange, Erik; Vadineanu, Angheluta; Verweij, Peter; Vikström, Suvi (2018)
      Nine Bayesian Belief Networks (BBNs) were developed within the OpenNESS project specifically for modelling ecosystem services for case study applications. The novelty of the method, its ability to explore problems, to ...
    • Vegetation structure is as important as climate for explaining ecosystem function across Patagonian rangelands 

      Gaitan, Juan Jose; Oliva, Gabriel Esteban; Bran, Donaldo Eduardo; Maestre, Fernando Tomás; Aguiar, Martín Roberto; Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel; Buono, Gustavo Gabriel; Ferrante, Daniela; Nakamatsu, Viviana Beatriz; Ciari, Georgina; Salomone, Jorge Manuel; Massara Paletto, Virginia (2014-11)
      1. Drylands cover about 41% of Earth’s land surface, and 65% of their area supports domestic livestock that depends on the above-ground net primary productivity (ANPP) of natural vegetation. Thus, understanding how biotic ...