Impact of stocking rate on species diversity and composition of a subtropical grassland in Argentina

Autores
Pizzio, Rafael; Herrero Jáugueri, Cristina; Pizzio, Mariano; Oesterheld, Martin
Año de publicación
2016
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Questions: What is the effect of a range of controlled stocking rates on plant species richness and diversity? Location: Subtropical grasslands of Corrientes, Argentina, South America. Methods: We studied the effect of three controlled stocking rates (0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 cow equivalents ha1) on species diversity and composition during 8 yr. We calculated species diversity using the antilog of the Shannon-Wiener index, and considered its two components, richness and evenness. We also assessed the proportion of prostrate and erect species. Species abundance was based on biomass estimations. Results: Species diversity under high stocking rates gradually decreased throughout the experiment and became nearly 50% lower than under low stocking rate. This decline was largely accounted for by changes of evenness because species richness was not affected by stocking rates. Species composition clearly diverged among the three treatments over time. Low stocking rate maintained a fairly constant relative cover of erect and prostrate grasses throughout the experiment, whereas intermediate and high stocking rate treatments were gradually and consistently enriched in prostrate grasses and forbs. These effects occurred simultaneously with drastic inter-annual changes likely driven by annual precipitation. Conclusions: The range of stocking rates had no effect on species richness, but reduced diversity through the effect on evenness. High stocking rate progressively increased the proportion of prostrate species in the biomass.
Fil: Pizzio, Rafael. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Corrientes. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Mercedes; Argentina
Fil: Herrero Jáugueri, Cristina. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; España
Fil: Pizzio, Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina
Fil: Oesterheld, Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina
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Controlled Livestock Density
Evenness
Grazing Intensity
Life Forms
Species Richness
Grazed Vs Ungrazed
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spelling Impact of stocking rate on species diversity and composition of a subtropical grassland in ArgentinaPizzio, RafaelHerrero Jáugueri, CristinaPizzio, MarianoOesterheld, MartinControlled Livestock DensityEvennessGrazing IntensityLife FormsSpecies RichnessGrazed Vs Ungrazedhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4Questions: What is the effect of a range of controlled stocking rates on plant species richness and diversity? Location: Subtropical grasslands of Corrientes, Argentina, South America. Methods: We studied the effect of three controlled stocking rates (0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 cow equivalents ha1) on species diversity and composition during 8 yr. We calculated species diversity using the antilog of the Shannon-Wiener index, and considered its two components, richness and evenness. We also assessed the proportion of prostrate and erect species. Species abundance was based on biomass estimations. Results: Species diversity under high stocking rates gradually decreased throughout the experiment and became nearly 50% lower than under low stocking rate. This decline was largely accounted for by changes of evenness because species richness was not affected by stocking rates. Species composition clearly diverged among the three treatments over time. Low stocking rate maintained a fairly constant relative cover of erect and prostrate grasses throughout the experiment, whereas intermediate and high stocking rate treatments were gradually and consistently enriched in prostrate grasses and forbs. These effects occurred simultaneously with drastic inter-annual changes likely driven by annual precipitation. Conclusions: The range of stocking rates had no effect on species richness, but reduced diversity through the effect on evenness. High stocking rate progressively increased the proportion of prostrate species in the biomass.Fil: Pizzio, Rafael. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Corrientes. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Mercedes; ArgentinaFil: Herrero Jáugueri, Cristina. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; EspañaFil: Pizzio, Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; ArgentinaFil: Oesterheld, Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; ArgentinaWiley2016-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/17467Pizzio, Rafael; Herrero Jáugueri, Cristina; Pizzio, Mariano; Oesterheld, Martin; Impact of stocking rate on species diversity and composition of a subtropical grassland in Argentina; Wiley; Applied Vegetation Science; 19; 3; 7-2016; 454-4611402-2001enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/avsc.12229info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/avsc.12229/abstractinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:11:24Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/17467instacron: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:34982025-10-22 11:11:25.065CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Impact of stocking rate on species diversity and composition of a subtropical grassland in Argentina
title Impact of stocking rate on species diversity and composition of a subtropical grassland in Argentina
spellingShingle Impact of stocking rate on species diversity and composition of a subtropical grassland in Argentina
Pizzio, Rafael
Controlled Livestock Density
Evenness
Grazing Intensity
Life Forms
Species Richness
Grazed Vs Ungrazed
title_short Impact of stocking rate on species diversity and composition of a subtropical grassland in Argentina
title_full Impact of stocking rate on species diversity and composition of a subtropical grassland in Argentina
title_fullStr Impact of stocking rate on species diversity and composition of a subtropical grassland in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Impact of stocking rate on species diversity and composition of a subtropical grassland in Argentina
title_sort Impact of stocking rate on species diversity and composition of a subtropical grassland in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pizzio, Rafael
Herrero Jáugueri, Cristina
Pizzio, Mariano
Oesterheld, Martin
author Pizzio, Rafael
author_facet Pizzio, Rafael
Herrero Jáugueri, Cristina
Pizzio, Mariano
Oesterheld, Martin
author_role author
author2 Herrero Jáugueri, Cristina
Pizzio, Mariano
Oesterheld, Martin
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Controlled Livestock Density
Evenness
Grazing Intensity
Life Forms
Species Richness
Grazed Vs Ungrazed
topic Controlled Livestock Density
Evenness
Grazing Intensity
Life Forms
Species Richness
Grazed Vs Ungrazed
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Questions: What is the effect of a range of controlled stocking rates on plant species richness and diversity? Location: Subtropical grasslands of Corrientes, Argentina, South America. Methods: We studied the effect of three controlled stocking rates (0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 cow equivalents ha1) on species diversity and composition during 8 yr. We calculated species diversity using the antilog of the Shannon-Wiener index, and considered its two components, richness and evenness. We also assessed the proportion of prostrate and erect species. Species abundance was based on biomass estimations. Results: Species diversity under high stocking rates gradually decreased throughout the experiment and became nearly 50% lower than under low stocking rate. This decline was largely accounted for by changes of evenness because species richness was not affected by stocking rates. Species composition clearly diverged among the three treatments over time. Low stocking rate maintained a fairly constant relative cover of erect and prostrate grasses throughout the experiment, whereas intermediate and high stocking rate treatments were gradually and consistently enriched in prostrate grasses and forbs. These effects occurred simultaneously with drastic inter-annual changes likely driven by annual precipitation. Conclusions: The range of stocking rates had no effect on species richness, but reduced diversity through the effect on evenness. High stocking rate progressively increased the proportion of prostrate species in the biomass.
Fil: Pizzio, Rafael. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Corrientes. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Mercedes; Argentina
Fil: Herrero Jáugueri, Cristina. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; España
Fil: Pizzio, Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina
Fil: Oesterheld, Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina
description Questions: What is the effect of a range of controlled stocking rates on plant species richness and diversity? Location: Subtropical grasslands of Corrientes, Argentina, South America. Methods: We studied the effect of three controlled stocking rates (0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 cow equivalents ha1) on species diversity and composition during 8 yr. We calculated species diversity using the antilog of the Shannon-Wiener index, and considered its two components, richness and evenness. We also assessed the proportion of prostrate and erect species. Species abundance was based on biomass estimations. Results: Species diversity under high stocking rates gradually decreased throughout the experiment and became nearly 50% lower than under low stocking rate. This decline was largely accounted for by changes of evenness because species richness was not affected by stocking rates. Species composition clearly diverged among the three treatments over time. Low stocking rate maintained a fairly constant relative cover of erect and prostrate grasses throughout the experiment, whereas intermediate and high stocking rate treatments were gradually and consistently enriched in prostrate grasses and forbs. These effects occurred simultaneously with drastic inter-annual changes likely driven by annual precipitation. Conclusions: The range of stocking rates had no effect on species richness, but reduced diversity through the effect on evenness. High stocking rate progressively increased the proportion of prostrate species in the biomass.
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