Grasslands and Open Savannas of the Dry Chaco
- Fernández, Pedro
- Baumann, Mathias
- Baldi, Germán
- Banegas, Natalia Romina
- Bravo, Sandra
- Gasparri, Nestor Ignacio
- Lucherini, Mauro
- Marinaro Fuentes, María Sofía
- Nanni, Ana Sofía
- Nasca, Jose Andres
- Tessi, Torcuato
- Grau, Hector Ricardo
DOIAbstract
The Dry Chaco is mostly known as a forested ecosystem. However it includes natural grasslands, savannas, scrublands, and wetlands. With one of the highest global deforestation rates in the last two decades and only 12% of the area protected, the concern about land-use change in this ecoregion has raised exponentially; but conservation initiatives developed in last years almost exclusively targeted forests whereas natural grasslands and savannas remain as neglected ecosystem within scientific and governmental agendas. While currently the distribution of natural grassland and savanna area encompasses over 20,000 km2, historical records and spatial models indicate that natural grassland and savannas were more widespread in pre-European era. Tw...
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