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Air quality loss in urban centers of the Argentinean Dry Chaco: Wind and dust control as two scientifically neglected ecosystem services
(Elsevier Science, 2017-04)
The Dry Chaco is one of the most active agriculture frontiers, which imposes trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services (ES). Most studies analyze real or potential supply of ES associated to land use change; but ...
El Chaco Oriental y sus fisonomías vegetalesThe Eastern Chaco and its vegetable physiognomies
(Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humanidades, 2006-05-16)
Teniendo en cuenta sus características climáticas y ecológicas el Chaco puede dividirse, a grandes rasgos, en tres grandes ambientes o regiones naturales: el Chaco Oriental o Húmedo, el Chaco Central o de Transición y el ...
Impacts of the deforestation driven by agribusiness on urban population and economic activity in the Dry Chaco of Argentina
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-09)
Agriculture expansion oriented to global market has changed the relation between population and deforestation in South America. Actually, the population dynamic in an agricultural frontier turned into a consequence of ...
‘Winners’ and ‘losers’ of the agricultural expansion in the Argentine Dry Chaco
(Routledge, 2020-08)
Biodiversity and natural resources constitute a social safety net for forest-dependent communities and represent their main source of livelihood. Agricultural expansion driven by global food demand is not only deeply ...
Nest-site fidelity and cavity reoccupation by Blue-fronted Parrots Amazona aestiva in the dry Chaco of Argentina
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2009-12)
The frequency of cavity reoccupation in secondary cavity nesters depends on several factors including quality of cavities, degree of nest-site fidelity, competition with other cavity nesters and availability of new cavities. ...
Redescription and phylogenetic position of Ctenomys dorsalis Thomas 1900, an enigmatic tuco tuco (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) from the Paraguayan Chaco
(De Gruyter, 2019-05)
Ctenomys dorsalis is known only from its type specimen, a female preserved as skin without skull (except for the upper incisors) from an imprecise locality in the "Northern Chaco of Paraguay". Here, we report additional ...
Local forest proportion and proximity to large forest patches are important for native mammal conservation in Dry Chaco agroecosystems
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2021-10-28)
Habitat loss is a significant threat to biodiversity worldwide, and the Argentine Dry Chaco is one of the most active global deforestation hotspots. Medium-large mammals are especially vulnerable to land-cover change, and ...
Soybean biotic pollination and its relationship to linear forest fragments of subtropical dry Chaco
(Elsevier Gmbh, Urban & Fischer Verlag, 2018-11)
The delivery of ecosystem services, such as biotic pollination is a benefit that nature provides us. Pollinators increase the quantity, quality and stability of crops for food production. Previous works show that proximity ...
Firewood knowledge, use and selection by rural populations in the Dry Chaco of Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca, Argentina
(Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 2018-11-29)
Firewood extraction and consumption are practices that require specific knowledge as well as detailed analysis of the cultural context in which they take place. The appropriation, use and selection of wood fuel resources ...
Deforestación, Expansión Agropecuaria y Dinámica Demográfica en el Chaco Seco Argentino Durante la Década de los NoventaDeforestation, agricultural expansion and population dynamics in the dry Chaco Argentino during the nineties
(Latin American Studies Association, 2012-03)
El Chaco Argentino constituye la mayor extensión forestal y el más grande reservorio de biomasa del hemisferio sur extratropical. El sector situado al oeste de la isohieta de 700 mm, constituye el ambiente del Chaco Semiárido ...