Woody vegetation structure and composition of the last relicts of Espinal vegetation in subtropical Argentina

Autor: Darién E. Prado, Juan Pablo Lewis, Ignacio M. Barberis, Sol Noetinger
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Biodiversity and Conservation. 18:3615-3628
ISSN: 1572-9710
0960-3115
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9665-8
Popis: Until the beginning of the twentieth century there were extensive subtropical seasonal thorny forests surrounding the Pampas grasslands of Argentina, known as the ‘Espinal’. In central Argentina there still exist relicts of the Espinal, belonging to the ‘Entrerrianense District’. These forests were never described or analyzed in detail. In 2004 we studied 10 randomly located plots of 50 × 2 m. All individuals and stems of woody species were counted and their diameters at breast height (DBH) were measured; individuals with
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