An exploration of direct and indirect drivers of herbivore reproductive performance in arid and semi arid rangelands by means of structural equation models

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Texeira González, Marcos Alexis; Baldi, Germán; Paruelo, José
Año de publicación
2012
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Climate variability affects both animal and plant populations. Understanding how this variability is modulated by topography, vegetation and population densities and how this impact on ungulate demography is an important step in order to forecast consequences of alternative management scenarios or the effects of climate change. Structural equation modeling (SEMs) is a tool particularly suited to this kind of situations, and allowed us to study the direct and indirect effects of climate, topography, structural and functional aspects of vegetation and population density upon reproductive performance of Patagonian sheep flocks, measured at paddock scale. The application of SEMs in conjunction with information criteria and related techniques for model selection, model averaging and multi-model inference revealed that despite considerable model uncertainty, those paddocks towards the East, with a greater spatial variability in July temperatures and greater primary production during fall-winter (estimated by remote sensing) showed greater lambing rates. Paddocks with higher proportion of meadows and with more intense forage consumption, were also associated with a better reproductive performance. Our results not only provide quantitative hypothesis about the controls at the landscape level of herbivore performance but also provide the basis to devise better management alternatives.
Fil: Texeira González, Marcos Alexis. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información; Argentina. 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: Baldi, Germán. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis "Prof. Ezio Marchi". Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico, Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis ; Argentina
Fil: Paruelo, José. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información; Argentina. 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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Reproductive Performance
Patagonia
Structural Equation Modeling
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spelling An exploration of direct and indirect drivers of herbivore reproductive performance in arid and semi arid rangelands by means of structural equation modelsTexeira González, Marcos AlexisBaldi, GermánParuelo, JoséSheepReproductive PerformancePatagoniaStructural Equation Modelinghttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Climate variability affects both animal and plant populations. Understanding how this variability is modulated by topography, vegetation and population densities and how this impact on ungulate demography is an important step in order to forecast consequences of alternative management scenarios or the effects of climate change. Structural equation modeling (SEMs) is a tool particularly suited to this kind of situations, and allowed us to study the direct and indirect effects of climate, topography, structural and functional aspects of vegetation and population density upon reproductive performance of Patagonian sheep flocks, measured at paddock scale. The application of SEMs in conjunction with information criteria and related techniques for model selection, model averaging and multi-model inference revealed that despite considerable model uncertainty, those paddocks towards the East, with a greater spatial variability in July temperatures and greater primary production during fall-winter (estimated by remote sensing) showed greater lambing rates. Paddocks with higher proportion of meadows and with more intense forage consumption, were also associated with a better reproductive performance. Our results not only provide quantitative hypothesis about the controls at the landscape level of herbivore performance but also provide the basis to devise better management alternatives.Fil: Texeira González, Marcos Alexis. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información; Argentina. 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: Baldi, Germán. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis "Prof. Ezio Marchi". Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico, Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis ; ArgentinaFil: Paruelo, José. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información; Argentina. 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; ArgentinaElsevier2012-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/16842Texeira González, Marcos Alexis; Baldi, Germán; Paruelo, José; An exploration of direct and indirect drivers of herbivore reproductive performance in arid and semi arid rangelands by means of structural equation models; Elsevier; Journal Of Arid Environments; 81; 6-2012; 26-340140-1963enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.01.017info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312000493info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-15T15:05:36Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/16842instacron: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:34982025-10-15 15:05:36.662CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An exploration of direct and indirect drivers of herbivore reproductive performance in arid and semi arid rangelands by means of structural equation models
title An exploration of direct and indirect drivers of herbivore reproductive performance in arid and semi arid rangelands by means of structural equation models
spellingShingle An exploration of direct and indirect drivers of herbivore reproductive performance in arid and semi arid rangelands by means of structural equation models
Texeira González, Marcos Alexis
Sheep
Reproductive Performance
Patagonia
Structural Equation Modeling
title_short An exploration of direct and indirect drivers of herbivore reproductive performance in arid and semi arid rangelands by means of structural equation models
title_full An exploration of direct and indirect drivers of herbivore reproductive performance in arid and semi arid rangelands by means of structural equation models
title_fullStr An exploration of direct and indirect drivers of herbivore reproductive performance in arid and semi arid rangelands by means of structural equation models
title_full_unstemmed An exploration of direct and indirect drivers of herbivore reproductive performance in arid and semi arid rangelands by means of structural equation models
title_sort An exploration of direct and indirect drivers of herbivore reproductive performance in arid and semi arid rangelands by means of structural equation models
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Texeira González, Marcos Alexis
Baldi, Germán
Paruelo, José
author Texeira González, Marcos Alexis
author_facet Texeira González, Marcos Alexis
Baldi, Germán
Paruelo, José
author_role author
author2 Baldi, Germán
Paruelo, José
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Sheep
Reproductive Performance
Patagonia
Structural Equation Modeling
topic Sheep
Reproductive Performance
Patagonia
Structural Equation Modeling
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Climate variability affects both animal and plant populations. Understanding how this variability is modulated by topography, vegetation and population densities and how this impact on ungulate demography is an important step in order to forecast consequences of alternative management scenarios or the effects of climate change. Structural equation modeling (SEMs) is a tool particularly suited to this kind of situations, and allowed us to study the direct and indirect effects of climate, topography, structural and functional aspects of vegetation and population density upon reproductive performance of Patagonian sheep flocks, measured at paddock scale. The application of SEMs in conjunction with information criteria and related techniques for model selection, model averaging and multi-model inference revealed that despite considerable model uncertainty, those paddocks towards the East, with a greater spatial variability in July temperatures and greater primary production during fall-winter (estimated by remote sensing) showed greater lambing rates. Paddocks with higher proportion of meadows and with more intense forage consumption, were also associated with a better reproductive performance. Our results not only provide quantitative hypothesis about the controls at the landscape level of herbivore performance but also provide the basis to devise better management alternatives.
Fil: Texeira González, Marcos Alexis. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información; Argentina. 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: Baldi, Germán. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis "Prof. Ezio Marchi". Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico, Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis ; Argentina
Fil: Paruelo, José. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información; Argentina. 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 Climate variability affects both animal and plant populations. Understanding how this variability is modulated by topography, vegetation and population densities and how this impact on ungulate demography is an important step in order to forecast consequences of alternative management scenarios or the effects of climate change. Structural equation modeling (SEMs) is a tool particularly suited to this kind of situations, and allowed us to study the direct and indirect effects of climate, topography, structural and functional aspects of vegetation and population density upon reproductive performance of Patagonian sheep flocks, measured at paddock scale. The application of SEMs in conjunction with information criteria and related techniques for model selection, model averaging and multi-model inference revealed that despite considerable model uncertainty, those paddocks towards the East, with a greater spatial variability in July temperatures and greater primary production during fall-winter (estimated by remote sensing) showed greater lambing rates. Paddocks with higher proportion of meadows and with more intense forage consumption, were also associated with a better reproductive performance. Our results not only provide quantitative hypothesis about the controls at the landscape level of herbivore performance but also provide the basis to devise better management alternatives.
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