Artificial perches promote vegetation restoration
Native ecosystems are continuously being transformed mostly into agricultural lands. Simultaneously, a large proportion of fields are abandoned after some years of use. Without any intervention, altered landscapes usually show a slow reversion to native ecosystems, or to novel ecosystems. One of the...
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| author | Guidetti, Brenda Yamile Amico, Guillermo Cesar Dardanelli, Sebastian Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano Alberto |
| author_browse | Amico, Guillermo Cesar Dardanelli, Sebastian Guidetti, Brenda Yamile Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano Alberto |
| author_facet | Guidetti, Brenda Yamile Amico, Guillermo Cesar Dardanelli, Sebastian Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano Alberto |
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| description | Native ecosystems are continuously being transformed mostly into agricultural lands. Simultaneously, a large proportion of fields are abandoned after some years of use. Without any intervention, altered landscapes usually show a slow reversion to native ecosystems, or to novel ecosystems. One of the main barriers to vegetation regeneration is poor propagule supply. Many restoration programs have already implemented the use of artificial perches in order to increase seed availability in open areas where bird dispersal is limited by the lack of trees. To evaluate the effectiveness of this practice, we performed a series of meta-analyses comparing the use of artificial perches versus control sites without perches. We found that setting-up artificial perches increases the abundance and richness of seeds that arrive in altered areas surrounding native ecosystems. Moreover, density of seedlings is also higher in open areas with artificial perches than in control sites without perches. Taken together, our results support the use of artificial perches to overcome the problem of poor seed availability in degraded fields, promoting and/or accelerating the restoration of vegetation in concordance with the surrounding landscape. |
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| spelling | INTA33902018-09-18T15:50:53Z Artificial perches promote vegetation restoration Guidetti, Brenda Yamile Amico, Guillermo Cesar Dardanelli, Sebastian Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano Alberto Seed Dispersal Diseminación de Semillas Seedlings Plántulas Fruit-eating Birds Aves Frugívoras Degraded Landscapes Native ecosystems are continuously being transformed mostly into agricultural lands. Simultaneously, a large proportion of fields are abandoned after some years of use. Without any intervention, altered landscapes usually show a slow reversion to native ecosystems, or to novel ecosystems. One of the main barriers to vegetation regeneration is poor propagule supply. Many restoration programs have already implemented the use of artificial perches in order to increase seed availability in open areas where bird dispersal is limited by the lack of trees. To evaluate the effectiveness of this practice, we performed a series of meta-analyses comparing the use of artificial perches versus control sites without perches. We found that setting-up artificial perches increases the abundance and richness of seeds that arrive in altered areas surrounding native ecosystems. Moreover, density of seedlings is also higher in open areas with artificial perches than in control sites without perches. Taken together, our results support the use of artificial perches to overcome the problem of poor seed availability in degraded fields, promoting and/or accelerating the restoration of vegetation in concordance with the surrounding landscape. EEA Paraná Fil: Guidetti, Brenda Yamile. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná; Paraná Fil: Amico, Guillermo Cesar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Dardanelli, Sebastian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná; Argentina Fil: Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano Alberto. University of British Columbia; Canadá. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina 2018-09-18T15:46:23Z 2018-09-18T15:46:23Z 2016-07 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3390 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11258-016-0619-4#citeas 1385-0237 1573-5052 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-016-0619-4 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Springer Plant ecology 217 (7) : 935–942. July 2016 |
| spellingShingle | Seed Dispersal Diseminación de Semillas Seedlings Plántulas Fruit-eating Birds Aves Frugívoras Degraded Landscapes Guidetti, Brenda Yamile Amico, Guillermo Cesar Dardanelli, Sebastian Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano Alberto Artificial perches promote vegetation restoration |
| title | Artificial perches promote vegetation restoration |
| title_full | Artificial perches promote vegetation restoration |
| title_fullStr | Artificial perches promote vegetation restoration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Artificial perches promote vegetation restoration |
| title_short | Artificial perches promote vegetation restoration |
| title_sort | artificial perches promote vegetation restoration |
| topic | Seed Dispersal Diseminación de Semillas Seedlings Plántulas Fruit-eating Birds Aves Frugívoras Degraded Landscapes |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3390 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11258-016-0619-4#citeas https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-016-0619-4 |
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