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Revista Chilena de Historia Natural | 2006

Estructura y estado de conservación de los bosques de Prosopis flexuosa D.C. (Fabaceae, subfamilia: Mimosoideae) en el noreste de Mendoza (Argentina)

Juan A. Alvarez; Pablo E. Villagra; Mariano Anibal Cony; Erica M. Cesca; José A. Boninsegna

La recomendacion de normas de manejo que regulen el uso de los recursos forestales debe estar basada en el conocimiento de la estructura y dinamica de los mismos. El objetivo de este trabajo fue conocer la estructura poblacional de las principales unidades boscosas del bosque de Prosopis flexuosa del noreste de Mendoza, sus condiciones sanitarias y su potencial productivo. Se muestrearon un total de 1.471 algarrobos en las cuatro unidades boscosas mas representativas. La densidad total de algarrobos fue la siguiente: bosque semicerrado de P. flexuosa con Atriplex lampa y Lycium tenuispinosum en valles intermedanos (Bosque 1): 181 arboles ha-1, bosque abierto de P. flexuosa con Trichomaria usillo y Suaeda divaricata en ondulaciones (Bosque 2): 155 arboles ha-1, bosque abierto de P. flexuosa con T. usillo (Bosque 3): 233 arboles ha-1 y bosque abierto de P. flexuosa con A. lampa en ondulaciones suaves (Bosque 4): 215 arboles ha-1. El analisis de componentes principales de la estructura diametrica agrupo los sitios relevados en las distintas unidades boscosas segun la proporcion de arboles de diametro basal mayor a 25 cm. Los sitios del Bosque 1 (mayor proporcion de arboles grandes), se separaron de los sitios con mayor proporcion arboles pequenos (bosques 2 y 4). Debido al habito de crecimiento de los algarrobos, la cantidad de productos maderables de estos bosques es baja. Ademas, P. flexuosa presenta en el area un porcentaje alto de individuos con mas de dos fustes, la forma en muchos casos es decumbente y la altura de los fustes es menor a un metro. Por lo tanto, el potencial forestal del bosque es bajo y el posible aprovechamiento deberia realizarse a escala local, considerando la inclusion de otras actividades complementarias en zonas establecidas para tal fin


Archive | 2010

Ecophysiology of Prosopis Species From the Arid Lands of Argentina: What Do We Know About Adaptation to Stressful Environments?

Pablo E. Villagra; Alejandra Vilela; Carla Valeria Giordano; Juan A. Alvarez

The expansion of the Prosopis genus from the sub-humid Chaco towards colder and drier zones such as Monte, Prepuna and Patagonia biogeographical regions would have implied the acquisition and/or adjustment of morphological and physiological adaptations to stressful environments. In this chapter, we discuss the phenological, morphological and physiological features of seven Prosopis species native to Argentinean arid regions that allow them to avoid or tolerate water stress, salinity, and other environmental stress factors in arid lands. Some of these adaptations appear to be spread over the genus and should confer the capability to deal with the most common stressful factor of arid lands (i.e. water availability); however, other morphological or physiological adaptations appear to be specific to each species, and should be the cause of niche differentiation among species and the occupation of particular environments within arid lands (e.g. sand dunes, saline environments). Finally, we discuss some consequences of these adaptations for the management of Prosopis species. The inter- and intra-specific variability observed in their adaptation to stressful factors suggest that some Prosopis species may be a good option to be used in the restoration of degraded areas or in afforestation projects with productive objectives.


Plant Ecology | 2009

Spatial and temporal litterfall heterogeneity generated by woody species in the Central Monte desert

Juan A. Alvarez; Pablo E. Villagra; Bertilde E. Rossi; Erica M. Cesca


Journal of Arid Environments | 2011

Wood productivity of Prosopis flexuosa D.C. woodlands in the central Monte: Influence of population structure and tree-growth habit

Juan A. Alvarez; Pablo E. Villagra; Ricardo Villalba; Mariano Anibal Cony; M. Alberto


Ecología austral | 2011

Ser planta en el desierto: estrategias de uso de agua y resistencia al estrés hídrico en el Monte Central de Argentina

Pablo E. Villagra; Carla Valeria Giordano; Juan A. Alvarez; Juan Bruno Cavagnaro; Aranzazú Guevara; Carmen Sartor; Carlos Bernardo Passera; Silvina Greco


Kurtziana | 2010

Prosopis flexuosa DC. (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae)

Juan A. Alvarez; Pablo E. Villagra


Basic and Applied Ecology | 2011

Ecological consequences of dead wood extraction in an arid ecosystem

Diego P. Vázquez; Juan A. Alvarez; Guillermo Debandi; Julieta N. Aranibar; Pablo E. Villagra


Revista De La Facultad De Ciencias Agrarias | 2012

Effect of Prosopis flexuosa on understory species and its importance to pastoral management in woodlands of the Central Monte Desert

Erica M. Cesca; Pablo E. Villagra; Carlos Bernardo Passera; Juan A. Alvarez


Forest Ecology and Management | 2011

Factors controlling deadwood availability and branch decay in two Prosopis woodlands in the Central Monte, Argentina

Juan A. Alvarez; Pablo E. Villagra; Ricardo Villalba


Biological Conservation | 2013

What Makes a Good Farm for Wildlife? David Lindenmayer. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood (2011). 176 pp., AUS

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Pablo E. Villagra

National Scientific and Technical Research Council

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Erica M. Cesca

National Scientific and Technical Research Council

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Carla Valeria Giordano

National Scientific and Technical Research Council

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Mariano Anibal Cony

National Scientific and Technical Research Council

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Ricardo Villalba

National Scientific and Technical Research Council

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Alejandra Vilela

National Scientific and Technical Research Council

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Aranzazú Guevara

National Scientific and Technical Research Council

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Carmen Sartor

National University of Cuyo

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Diego P. Vázquez

National Scientific and Technical Research Council

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