INVESTIGADORES
MARTINEZ PASTUR Guillermo Jose
artículos
Título:
Above-ground arthropod community structure and influence of structural-retention management in southern Patagonian scrublands, Argentina
Autor/es:
FJ SOLA; PL PERI; G MARTÍNEZ PASTUR; MV LENCINAS
Revista:
JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2016 vol. 20 p. 929 - 944
ISSN:
1366-638X
Resumen:
Southern Patagonia?s landscape hosts several semi-natural habitats, traditionally used for sheep production, such as Mulguraea tridens and Lepidophyllum cupressiforme scrublands. Mulguraea scrublands are managed viamechanical shredding to remove shrubs and increase grass availability, alternating with structural-retention strips. We analyzed the influence of structural-retention management (with cut and retention strips) in Mulguraea scrublands with regards to above-ground arthropod community structure, as well as differences between the two natural scrubland types. We worked in Santa Cruz Province (Argentina) with pitfall traps during two summers in the first 2 years after mechanical shredding. Richness, abundance, occurrence frequency, Shannon?Wiener diversity and Pielou evenness indices, and similarity among assemblageswere evaluated using univariate and multivariate statistical tests. Complementarily, we described vegetation ground cover and microclimate. We collected 3279 individuals from 38 species belonging to Insecta and ArachnidaClasses.
