Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a High-Altitude Cold Desert: Effect on Density, Biomass, and Fitness of Sagebrush Plants

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Andino, Natalia del Pilar; Borghi, Carlos Eduardo
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2017
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In arid and semiarid ecosystems, subterranean herbivorous rodents play an important role in determining the composition, function, and structure of plant communities. We hypothesized that in a high-Altitude cold desert in the southern Puna region of Argentina, Ctenomys mendocinus (mendocino tuco-Tuco), a subterranean herbivorous rodent, may increase dominance of the shrub Artemisia mendozana (sagebrush). We performed an observational study to assess factors affecting the abundance and fitness of A. mendozana in southern Puna, on sites co-inhabited and undisturbed by C. mendocinus. Density, biomass, plant height, number of fruits per plant, number of seeds, and seed size of A. mendozana were higher in mendocino tuco-Tuco-disturbed areas. Because the abundance and reproductive ability of sagebrush increase in areas inhabited by mendocino tuco-Tucos, C. mendocinus may function as an ecosystem engineer in southern Puna. We suggest further manipulative experimental studies be conducted to clarify the role of this subterranean rodent in this ecosystem.
Fil: Andino, Natalia del Pilar. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Borghi, Carlos Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera; Argentina
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Artemisia Mendozana
Ctenomys
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spelling Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a High-Altitude Cold Desert: Effect on Density, Biomass, and Fitness of Sagebrush PlantsAndino, Natalia del PilarBorghi, Carlos EduardoArtemisia MendozanaCtenomysDesertInteractionhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1In arid and semiarid ecosystems, subterranean herbivorous rodents play an important role in determining the composition, function, and structure of plant communities. We hypothesized that in a high-Altitude cold desert in the southern Puna region of Argentina, Ctenomys mendocinus (mendocino tuco-Tuco), a subterranean herbivorous rodent, may increase dominance of the shrub Artemisia mendozana (sagebrush). We performed an observational study to assess factors affecting the abundance and fitness of A. mendozana in southern Puna, on sites co-inhabited and undisturbed by C. mendocinus. Density, biomass, plant height, number of fruits per plant, number of seeds, and seed size of A. mendozana were higher in mendocino tuco-Tuco-disturbed areas. Because the abundance and reproductive ability of sagebrush increase in areas inhabited by mendocino tuco-Tucos, C. mendocinus may function as an ecosystem engineer in southern Puna. We suggest further manipulative experimental studies be conducted to clarify the role of this subterranean rodent in this ecosystem.Fil: Andino, Natalia del Pilar. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Borghi, Carlos Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera; ArgentinaTaylor & Francis2017-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/69203Andino, Natalia del Pilar; Borghi, Carlos Eduardo; Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a High-Altitude Cold Desert: Effect on Density, Biomass, and Fitness of Sagebrush Plants; Taylor & Francis; Arctic Antarctic And Alpine Research; 49; 1; 2-2017; 53-601523-0430CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1657/AAAR0015-061info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1657/AAAR0015-061info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-10T13:07:53Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/69203instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-10 13:07:53.735CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a High-Altitude Cold Desert: Effect on Density, Biomass, and Fitness of Sagebrush Plants
title Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a High-Altitude Cold Desert: Effect on Density, Biomass, and Fitness of Sagebrush Plants
spellingShingle Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a High-Altitude Cold Desert: Effect on Density, Biomass, and Fitness of Sagebrush Plants
Andino, Natalia del Pilar
Artemisia Mendozana
Ctenomys
Desert
Interaction
title_short Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a High-Altitude Cold Desert: Effect on Density, Biomass, and Fitness of Sagebrush Plants
title_full Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a High-Altitude Cold Desert: Effect on Density, Biomass, and Fitness of Sagebrush Plants
title_fullStr Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a High-Altitude Cold Desert: Effect on Density, Biomass, and Fitness of Sagebrush Plants
title_full_unstemmed Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a High-Altitude Cold Desert: Effect on Density, Biomass, and Fitness of Sagebrush Plants
title_sort Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a High-Altitude Cold Desert: Effect on Density, Biomass, and Fitness of Sagebrush Plants
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Andino, Natalia del Pilar
Borghi, Carlos Eduardo
author Andino, Natalia del Pilar
author_facet Andino, Natalia del Pilar
Borghi, Carlos Eduardo
author_role author
author2 Borghi, Carlos Eduardo
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Artemisia Mendozana
Ctenomys
Desert
Interaction
topic Artemisia Mendozana
Ctenomys
Desert
Interaction
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In arid and semiarid ecosystems, subterranean herbivorous rodents play an important role in determining the composition, function, and structure of plant communities. We hypothesized that in a high-Altitude cold desert in the southern Puna region of Argentina, Ctenomys mendocinus (mendocino tuco-Tuco), a subterranean herbivorous rodent, may increase dominance of the shrub Artemisia mendozana (sagebrush). We performed an observational study to assess factors affecting the abundance and fitness of A. mendozana in southern Puna, on sites co-inhabited and undisturbed by C. mendocinus. Density, biomass, plant height, number of fruits per plant, number of seeds, and seed size of A. mendozana were higher in mendocino tuco-Tuco-disturbed areas. Because the abundance and reproductive ability of sagebrush increase in areas inhabited by mendocino tuco-Tucos, C. mendocinus may function as an ecosystem engineer in southern Puna. We suggest further manipulative experimental studies be conducted to clarify the role of this subterranean rodent in this ecosystem.
Fil: Andino, Natalia del Pilar. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Borghi, Carlos Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera; Argentina
description In arid and semiarid ecosystems, subterranean herbivorous rodents play an important role in determining the composition, function, and structure of plant communities. We hypothesized that in a high-Altitude cold desert in the southern Puna region of Argentina, Ctenomys mendocinus (mendocino tuco-Tuco), a subterranean herbivorous rodent, may increase dominance of the shrub Artemisia mendozana (sagebrush). We performed an observational study to assess factors affecting the abundance and fitness of A. mendozana in southern Puna, on sites co-inhabited and undisturbed by C. mendocinus. Density, biomass, plant height, number of fruits per plant, number of seeds, and seed size of A. mendozana were higher in mendocino tuco-Tuco-disturbed areas. Because the abundance and reproductive ability of sagebrush increase in areas inhabited by mendocino tuco-Tucos, C. mendocinus may function as an ecosystem engineer in southern Puna. We suggest further manipulative experimental studies be conducted to clarify the role of this subterranean rodent in this ecosystem.
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