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Improving Potential Biodiversity and Human Footprint in Nothofagus Forests of Southern Patagonia through the Spatial Prioritization of their Conservation Values

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Spatial Modeling in Forest Resources Management

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The role of biodiversity in natural forests is critical as a regulator of ecosystem function, productivity, and provision of ecosystem services. The objective was to analyse the conservation value of Nothofagus forests in Southern Patagonia (Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego provinces), Argentina, through integration of maps of potential biodiversity (MPB) and human footprint (HFM), which can help to improve the natural reserve designs through the spatial prioritization of their conservation values. To achieve the, first we determine that the different forest types presented different species assemblage with specific ecological niche requirements which justify differential conservation or management strategies. We used understory plants as proxy, and we selected indicator species of the understory plants for the following analyses. With these species we produce the MPB, and we found that the occurrence of MPB differ from the pattern of HFM according to the different forest types. After that, we identify woodland patches with special values of MPB and low HFM according to the different forest types, and analyzed if the distribution of MPB of the different forest types changed across the current natural protected reserve network, private and public lands. Finally, with these outputs, we propose new methodologies to enhance the current natural reserve network effectiveness. These outputs can be used as a tool to determine new strategies for management and conservation at landscape level in Southern Patagonia.

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Acknowledgements

This research is part of the doctoral thesis of YMR (Faculty of Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales in the Universidad Nacional de la Plata). We want to thank the Consejo Agrario Provincial of Santa Cruz Province, and the financial support of the project “Modeling endangered species forest habitats, and updating forest land use plans in Argentina in support of the UN sustainable development goals” (NRA ROSES 2018) USA (Project NASA 18-SLSCVC18-0019).

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  1. Laboratorio de Recursos Agroforestales, Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Houssay 200 (9410) Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

    Yamina Micaela Rosas, Josela Carrasco, María Vanessa Lencinas & Guillermo Martínez Pastur

  2. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Universidad Nacional de La Patagonia Austral (UNPA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), CC 332 (9400) Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina

    Pablo L. Peri

  3. SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Linden Drive 1630 (53706), Madison, WI, USA

    Anna M. Pidgeon & Sebastián Martinuzzi

  4. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Juan Bautista Alberdi 47 (Y4600DTA), Jujuy, Argentina

    Natalia Politi

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Rosas, Y.M. et al. (2021). Improving Potential Biodiversity and Human Footprint in Nothofagus Forests of Southern Patagonia through the Spatial Prioritization of their Conservation Values. In: Shit, P.K., Pourghasemi, H.R., Das, P., Bhunia, G.S. (eds) Spatial Modeling in Forest Resources Management . Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56542-8_19

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