Grassland connectivity explains entomophilous plant species assemblages in an agricultural landscape of the Pampa Region, Argentina

• Published in: Austral ecology Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 486 - 496
• Main Authors: Herrera, Lorena, Sabatino, Malena, Gastón, Aitor, Saura, Santiago
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Richmond Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Agricultural management; assemblage‐level connectivity; canonical correspondence analysis; Categories; Conservation areas; conservation planning; Dispersal; Dispersion; Flowers & plants; Graph theory; Grasslands; habitat patch networks; Herbivores; Herbs; Information management; Landscape; Longevity; Plant species; Shrubs; Species; Species classification; Tandilia System; Argentina

The Pampa grassland of Argentina is one of the most highly threatened biomes in the world. A high proportion of the original grassland cover has been transformed into land for agriculture or degraded. In the southern part of the region, fragmented semi‐natural grasslands over exposed rock still pers...