Implications of landscape configuration on understory forage productivity: a remote sensing assessment of native forests openings
Sound management of native forests used for cattle grazing requires understanding the dynamics of forage productivity in the openings. Despite their importance, forage productivity drivers in highly heterogeneous forested landscapes, or their variability over the year, are still unclear. The aim of...
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| author | Trinco, Fabio Daniel Rusch, Veronica Elena Howison, Ruth Alison Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro Tittonell, Pablo Adrian |
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| description | Sound management of native forests used for cattle grazing requires understanding the dynamics of forage productivity in the openings. Despite their importance, forage productivity drivers in highly heterogeneous forested landscapes, or their variability over the year, are still unclear. The aim of this work is to find predictors of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) variation in the openings of native temperate forests and to evaluate how these predictors change within the growing season. We used high spatial resolution remote sensing imagery from NW Patagonia to separate forest openings from tree dense canopy. We obtained data of each opening related with herbaceous and shrub forage productivity and calculated landscape metrics. We estimated a multiple linear regression model for predicting NDVI in each season. Beyond known variables related with forage productivity (altitude, precipitation, etc.), the shape of forest’ openings appeared as relevant in predicting NDVI. Higher values of forest opening perimeters were related with a decrease in NDVI in spring when soil water content is not limiting and conversely with an increase in NDVI in summer when water is limiting growth. These results suggest that environmental drivers such as temperature and soil moisture inside the opening, and competition or facilitation process between trees and grasses are mediated by the shape of the opening. Management of heterogeneous native forests for cattle raising requires considering the shape of the openings to maximize forage productivity. |
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| spelling | INTA149102023-08-15T14:29:51Z Implications of landscape configuration on understory forage productivity: a remote sensing assessment of native forests openings Trinco, Fabio Daniel Rusch, Veronica Elena Howison, Ruth Alison Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Ganado Bovino Pastoreo Estacionalidad Forrajes NDVI Cattle Grazing Seasonality Forage Sound management of native forests used for cattle grazing requires understanding the dynamics of forage productivity in the openings. Despite their importance, forage productivity drivers in highly heterogeneous forested landscapes, or their variability over the year, are still unclear. The aim of this work is to find predictors of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) variation in the openings of native temperate forests and to evaluate how these predictors change within the growing season. We used high spatial resolution remote sensing imagery from NW Patagonia to separate forest openings from tree dense canopy. We obtained data of each opening related with herbaceous and shrub forage productivity and calculated landscape metrics. We estimated a multiple linear regression model for predicting NDVI in each season. Beyond known variables related with forage productivity (altitude, precipitation, etc.), the shape of forest’ openings appeared as relevant in predicting NDVI. Higher values of forest opening perimeters were related with a decrease in NDVI in spring when soil water content is not limiting and conversely with an increase in NDVI in summer when water is limiting growth. These results suggest that environmental drivers such as temperature and soil moisture inside the opening, and competition or facilitation process between trees and grasses are mediated by the shape of the opening. Management of heterogeneous native forests for cattle raising requires considering the shape of the openings to maximize forage productivity. EEA Bariloche Fil: Trinco, Fabio Daniel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina. Fil: Trinco, Fabio Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina. Fil: Rush, Veronica Elena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina. Fil: Howison, Ruth Alison. Groningen University. Institute of Evolutionary Life Science; Países Bajos. Fil: Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones de Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural; Argentina Fil: Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina. Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Groningen University. Institute of Evolutionary Life Science; Países Bajos. Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Université de Montpellier. Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement; Francia. Fil: Rusch, Veronica Elena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina 2023-08-15T13:48:35Z 2023-08-15T13:48:35Z 2021-08 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14910 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-021-00676-w 0167-4366 1572-9680 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-021-00676-w eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E1-I514-001/2019-PE-E1-I514-001/AR./2019-PE-E1-I514-001, Manejo de Bosques con Ganadería Integrada (MBGI) info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Springer Agroforestry Systems 95 : 1675–1688 (2021) |
| spellingShingle | Ganado Bovino Pastoreo Estacionalidad Forrajes NDVI Cattle Grazing Seasonality Forage Trinco, Fabio Daniel Rusch, Veronica Elena Howison, Ruth Alison Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Implications of landscape configuration on understory forage productivity: a remote sensing assessment of native forests openings |
| title | Implications of landscape configuration on understory forage productivity: a remote sensing assessment of native forests openings |
| title_full | Implications of landscape configuration on understory forage productivity: a remote sensing assessment of native forests openings |
| title_fullStr | Implications of landscape configuration on understory forage productivity: a remote sensing assessment of native forests openings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implications of landscape configuration on understory forage productivity: a remote sensing assessment of native forests openings |
| title_short | Implications of landscape configuration on understory forage productivity: a remote sensing assessment of native forests openings |
| title_sort | implications of landscape configuration on understory forage productivity a remote sensing assessment of native forests openings |
| topic | Ganado Bovino Pastoreo Estacionalidad Forrajes NDVI Cattle Grazing Seasonality Forage |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14910 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-021-00676-w https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-021-00676-w |
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