Variation of grazing‐induced vegetation changes across a large‐scale productivity gradient

Autores
Lezama, Felipe; Baeza, Santiago; Altesor, Alice; Cesa, Ariela; Chaneton, Enrique José; Paruelo, José María
Año de publicación
2014
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Questions: Does the magnitude of grazing‐induced changes in species composition vary with habitat productivity? How does the sign and magnitude of grazing effects on species richness and beta‐diversity change with increasing productivity? Do major life forms exhibit consistent responses to grazing along productivity gradients? Location: Steppes and grasslands of southern South America in Argentina and Uruguay. Methods: We evaluated grazing effects on plant composition, species richness, beta‐diversity and life‐form abundances along a ten‐fold, regional productivity gradient and within subregions of contrasting productivity, using a common sampling protocol for 23 paired grazed vs ungrazed plots. The annual integral of the normalized difference vegetation index was used as a surrogate for above‐ground net primary productivity. Results: Compositional dissimilarity between grazed and ungrazed plots, as well as grazing‐induced differences in plant richness and beta‐diversity all increased with habitat productivity. Grazing decreased species richness in low‐productive steppes but enhanced the richness of high‐productive grasslands. On average, grazing reduced beta‐diversity in high‐productive sites but not in low‐productive sites. Dominant species were more strongly suppressed by grazing towards productive grasslands. Grazing generally decreased shrub species cover, whereas graminoid and forb cover did not consistently change with grazing through the productivity gradient. Conclusions: Our results indicate that the overall grazing effects on vegetation structure increased along a regional productivity gradient. Yet the sign of grazing impacts on species richness and beta‐diversity shifted with habitat productivity, in agreement with models of herbivore‐mediated co‐existence and species colonization in productive systems. Further, we found that narrowing the spatial extent of analysis to the subregion generally obscured grazing–productivity relationships. Biodiversity conservation programmes should carefully weigh the varied impacts of livestock grazing across productivity gradients.
EEA Santa Cruz
Fil: Lezama, Felipe. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Agronomía. Unidad de Sistemas Ambientales; Uruguay
Fil: Baeza, Santiago. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Agronomía. Unidad de Sistemas Ambientales; Uruguay
Fil: Altesor, Alice. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ciencias. Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales; Uruguay
Fil: Cesa, Ariela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina
Fil: Chaneton, Enrique Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomia; Argentina
Fil: Paruelo, José María. 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. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información. Laboratorio de Análisis Regional y Teledetección; Argentina
Fuente
Journal of Vegetation Science 25 (1) : 8-21 (January 2014)
Materia
Biodiversidad
Praderas
Pastoreo
Productividad
Vegetación
Biodiversity
Grasslands
Grazing
Productivity
Vegetation
Región Patagónica
Uruguay
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spelling Variation of grazing‐induced vegetation changes across a large‐scale productivity gradientLezama, FelipeBaeza, SantiagoAltesor, AliceCesa, ArielaChaneton, Enrique JoséParuelo, José MaríaBiodiversidadPraderasPastoreoProductividadVegetaciónBiodiversityGrasslandsGrazingProductivityVegetationRegión PatagónicaUruguayQuestions: Does the magnitude of grazing‐induced changes in species composition vary with habitat productivity? How does the sign and magnitude of grazing effects on species richness and beta‐diversity change with increasing productivity? Do major life forms exhibit consistent responses to grazing along productivity gradients? Location: Steppes and grasslands of southern South America in Argentina and Uruguay. Methods: We evaluated grazing effects on plant composition, species richness, beta‐diversity and life‐form abundances along a ten‐fold, regional productivity gradient and within subregions of contrasting productivity, using a common sampling protocol for 23 paired grazed vs ungrazed plots. The annual integral of the normalized difference vegetation index was used as a surrogate for above‐ground net primary productivity. Results: Compositional dissimilarity between grazed and ungrazed plots, as well as grazing‐induced differences in plant richness and beta‐diversity all increased with habitat productivity. Grazing decreased species richness in low‐productive steppes but enhanced the richness of high‐productive grasslands. On average, grazing reduced beta‐diversity in high‐productive sites but not in low‐productive sites. Dominant species were more strongly suppressed by grazing towards productive grasslands. Grazing generally decreased shrub species cover, whereas graminoid and forb cover did not consistently change with grazing through the productivity gradient. Conclusions: Our results indicate that the overall grazing effects on vegetation structure increased along a regional productivity gradient. Yet the sign of grazing impacts on species richness and beta‐diversity shifted with habitat productivity, in agreement with models of herbivore‐mediated co‐existence and species colonization in productive systems. Further, we found that narrowing the spatial extent of analysis to the subregion generally obscured grazing–productivity relationships. Biodiversity conservation programmes should carefully weigh the varied impacts of livestock grazing across productivity gradients.EEA Santa CruzFil: Lezama, Felipe. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Agronomía. Unidad de Sistemas Ambientales; UruguayFil: Baeza, Santiago. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Agronomía. Unidad de Sistemas Ambientales; UruguayFil: Altesor, Alice. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ciencias. Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales; UruguayFil: Cesa, Ariela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; ArgentinaFil: Chaneton, Enrique Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomia; ArgentinaFil: Paruelo, José María. 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. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información. Laboratorio de Análisis Regional y Teledetección; ArgentinaWiley2019-03-18T16:49:50Z2019-03-18T16:49:50Z2014-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.12053http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/46411100-92331654-1103https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12053Journal of Vegetation Science 25 (1) : 8-21 (January 2014)reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess2025-09-29T13:44:36Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/4641instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2025-09-29 13:44:36.614INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Variation of grazing‐induced vegetation changes across a large‐scale productivity gradient
title Variation of grazing‐induced vegetation changes across a large‐scale productivity gradient
spellingShingle Variation of grazing‐induced vegetation changes across a large‐scale productivity gradient
Lezama, Felipe
Biodiversidad
Praderas
Pastoreo
Productividad
Vegetación
Biodiversity
Grasslands
Grazing
Productivity
Vegetation
Región Patagónica
Uruguay
title_short Variation of grazing‐induced vegetation changes across a large‐scale productivity gradient
title_full Variation of grazing‐induced vegetation changes across a large‐scale productivity gradient
title_fullStr Variation of grazing‐induced vegetation changes across a large‐scale productivity gradient
title_full_unstemmed Variation of grazing‐induced vegetation changes across a large‐scale productivity gradient
title_sort Variation of grazing‐induced vegetation changes across a large‐scale productivity gradient
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lezama, Felipe
Baeza, Santiago
Altesor, Alice
Cesa, Ariela
Chaneton, Enrique José
Paruelo, José María
author Lezama, Felipe
author_facet Lezama, Felipe
Baeza, Santiago
Altesor, Alice
Cesa, Ariela
Chaneton, Enrique José
Paruelo, José María
author_role author
author2 Baeza, Santiago
Altesor, Alice
Cesa, Ariela
Chaneton, Enrique José
Paruelo, José María
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biodiversidad
Praderas
Pastoreo
Productividad
Vegetación
Biodiversity
Grasslands
Grazing
Productivity
Vegetation
Región Patagónica
Uruguay
topic Biodiversidad
Praderas
Pastoreo
Productividad
Vegetación
Biodiversity
Grasslands
Grazing
Productivity
Vegetation
Región Patagónica
Uruguay
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Questions: Does the magnitude of grazing‐induced changes in species composition vary with habitat productivity? How does the sign and magnitude of grazing effects on species richness and beta‐diversity change with increasing productivity? Do major life forms exhibit consistent responses to grazing along productivity gradients? Location: Steppes and grasslands of southern South America in Argentina and Uruguay. Methods: We evaluated grazing effects on plant composition, species richness, beta‐diversity and life‐form abundances along a ten‐fold, regional productivity gradient and within subregions of contrasting productivity, using a common sampling protocol for 23 paired grazed vs ungrazed plots. The annual integral of the normalized difference vegetation index was used as a surrogate for above‐ground net primary productivity. Results: Compositional dissimilarity between grazed and ungrazed plots, as well as grazing‐induced differences in plant richness and beta‐diversity all increased with habitat productivity. Grazing decreased species richness in low‐productive steppes but enhanced the richness of high‐productive grasslands. On average, grazing reduced beta‐diversity in high‐productive sites but not in low‐productive sites. Dominant species were more strongly suppressed by grazing towards productive grasslands. Grazing generally decreased shrub species cover, whereas graminoid and forb cover did not consistently change with grazing through the productivity gradient. Conclusions: Our results indicate that the overall grazing effects on vegetation structure increased along a regional productivity gradient. Yet the sign of grazing impacts on species richness and beta‐diversity shifted with habitat productivity, in agreement with models of herbivore‐mediated co‐existence and species colonization in productive systems. Further, we found that narrowing the spatial extent of analysis to the subregion generally obscured grazing–productivity relationships. Biodiversity conservation programmes should carefully weigh the varied impacts of livestock grazing across productivity gradients.
EEA Santa Cruz
Fil: Lezama, Felipe. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Agronomía. Unidad de Sistemas Ambientales; Uruguay
Fil: Baeza, Santiago. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Agronomía. Unidad de Sistemas Ambientales; Uruguay
Fil: Altesor, Alice. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ciencias. Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales; Uruguay
Fil: Cesa, Ariela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina
Fil: Chaneton, Enrique Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomia; Argentina
Fil: Paruelo, José María. 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. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información. Laboratorio de Análisis Regional y Teledetección; Argentina
description Questions: Does the magnitude of grazing‐induced changes in species composition vary with habitat productivity? How does the sign and magnitude of grazing effects on species richness and beta‐diversity change with increasing productivity? Do major life forms exhibit consistent responses to grazing along productivity gradients? Location: Steppes and grasslands of southern South America in Argentina and Uruguay. Methods: We evaluated grazing effects on plant composition, species richness, beta‐diversity and life‐form abundances along a ten‐fold, regional productivity gradient and within subregions of contrasting productivity, using a common sampling protocol for 23 paired grazed vs ungrazed plots. The annual integral of the normalized difference vegetation index was used as a surrogate for above‐ground net primary productivity. Results: Compositional dissimilarity between grazed and ungrazed plots, as well as grazing‐induced differences in plant richness and beta‐diversity all increased with habitat productivity. Grazing decreased species richness in low‐productive steppes but enhanced the richness of high‐productive grasslands. On average, grazing reduced beta‐diversity in high‐productive sites but not in low‐productive sites. Dominant species were more strongly suppressed by grazing towards productive grasslands. Grazing generally decreased shrub species cover, whereas graminoid and forb cover did not consistently change with grazing through the productivity gradient. Conclusions: Our results indicate that the overall grazing effects on vegetation structure increased along a regional productivity gradient. Yet the sign of grazing impacts on species richness and beta‐diversity shifted with habitat productivity, in agreement with models of herbivore‐mediated co‐existence and species colonization in productive systems. Further, we found that narrowing the spatial extent of analysis to the subregion generally obscured grazing–productivity relationships. Biodiversity conservation programmes should carefully weigh the varied impacts of livestock grazing across productivity gradients.
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