Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity - Chapter 8 pptx

... 1,013.16 88 6.31 +12,52 Páramo vegetation 12,942 .86 14,595.19 –13 Páramo shrubby vegetation 10,0 78. 74 6 18. 58 +93 Upper-Andean forest 14,754.12 12 ,82 8.02 +13 Pastures 4,094.03 8, 4 48. 28 –106,35 ... Bogotá 80 0 m Mountains of México 1054 Mean of Latin-America 1500 High-Andean-Lower-paramo 1703.97 mm a -1 Bimodal-four seasons Upper-paramo 1229.33 mm a -1 Bimodal-four...

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... (Cabrera and Willink, 1 980 ) and is character- ized by a mosaic of forests, grasslands, and shrublands (Moyano and Movia, 1 989 ; Arturi et al., 19 98) . These forests are representative of floristic and ... northwestern Argentina is characterized by grasslands, shru- blands, mature forests, and successional forests that became established on grasslands and shrublands in which...

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... States of America on acid-free paper 10 987 654321 International Standard Book Number-10: 0 -8 49 3-3 523-X (Hardcover) International Standard Book Number-13: 97 8- 0 -8 4 9 3-3 52 3-5 (Hardcover) Library ... economically privi- leged parts, population growth and land use pres- sure have often caused an expansion of agricul- tural land use into less suitable regions and...

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... 19 68 1 980 Koromi (P) 385 0 1051 1 985 –1991 Mena (s) 1250 387 1 983 –1 988 Rira (s) 3000 84 8 1 987 –1990 Tulu Konteh (P) 4050 85 2 1 985 –1991 Source: From Hilman (1 986 ); Miehe and Miehe (1994) ... ± 12. 38 5.30 ± 4.53 3 10.00 ± 8. 20 2. 08 ± 1. 98 H. revolutum 1 26.75 ± 8. 83 13.60 ± 3.37 96 2 16.74 ± 10.11 7.37 ± 5 .86 3—— R. melanophloeos 1 25.02 ± 9.49 16.50 ±...

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... remnants and heath- land at 3100 m, and heathland vegetation at 3300 m. The sites at 3100 m, therefore, enable a direct comparison of geometrid moth communities in heathland and forest fragments, ... AM Copyright © 2006 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 72 Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity size exceeds 120 individuals per site in spe- cies-poor communities as in...

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... 80 . 68 1 .80 0.22 Standing dead 142.35 ± 38. 75 84 .80 ± 35 .89 92.57± 29.44 110.06 ± 29.17 2 98. 33 ± 117.10 3.90 0.04 Litter 603. 98 ± 112. 18 409.74 ± 10.33 549 .87 ± 65.30 367 .83 ± 82 .96 81 6.37 ± 84 .52 ... 19. 38 10 .80 0.002 >1 year Live 391.53 ± 66.42 288 .44 ± 44.93 327 .87 ± 25.26 445.95 ± 30.70 184 .76 ± 50 .86 13.22 0.001 Standing dead 196.02 ± 47.97 159.19 ± 20. 78...

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... 122 Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity abundance. The relationship between biovol- ume and biomass was linear for all the species, and the regression coefficient was always sig- nificant. ... aboveground bio- mass was 3 38 g m –2 and 585 g m –2 in the grazed and ungrazed young plots, and 606 g m –2 and 87 8 g m –2 in the grazed and ungra...

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... 162 Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity The total carrying capacity of the Palccoyo community, on the other hand, was only 10,932.3 OU/ha/a or 1.64 OU/ha/a. The land use factor (expressed ... Group, LLC 156 Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity essential for the feeding of alpacas and sheep during the dry season. Grazing system, and the spatial a...

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... species and disappeared rapidly. 0 200 400 600 80 0 1000 1200 1400 Prairie Prairie -mountain range Mountain range 2 Mountain range 1 107 - 13 28 kgDM/ha pits-fertilized-recovery 94 - 771 kgDM/ha pits-fertilized-recovery 106 ... raditional use Controlled or no grazing 3523_book.fm Page 181 Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:23 AM Copyright © 2006 Taylor & Francis Group, L...

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... 2006 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 188 Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity of land surface) made up of highly palatable forbs and grasses (80 % vegetation cover), such as Calamagrostis ... are denominated as Andean grasslands. These wet- land environments are dominated by Andean grasses (Molinillo 1992) with a high species richness and a high vegetation co...

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