Deforestation and precipitation patterns in the arid Chaco forests of central Argentina

• Published in: Applied vegetation science Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 260 - 271
• Main Authors: Hoyos, L.E., Cingolani, A.M., Zak, M.R., Vaieretti, M.V., Gorla, D.E., Cabido, M.R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lanna Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2013; Opulus Press; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Agriculture; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Cover types; Deforestation; Dry Chaco forest; Dry forests; Forest cover; Forestry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hydrologic data; Land cover; Landsat; Precipitation; Rainfall; Remote sensing; Shrublands; Soybeans; Variance analysis; Vegetation; Vegetation cover; South America; Argentina; America; Deforestation; Cover types; Forests; Arid environment; Space remote sensing; Plant ecology; Landsat; Rainfall; Landsat satellite; Dry Chaco forest; Rain; Precipitation; Plant sciences

Aims: (1) to compare two series of precipitation data from different periods (1930–1950 and 1950–2000) in three sectors of the southern dry Chaco in the arid and semi-arid sub-regions; (2) construct maps showing the distribution of land-cover units for 1979, 1999, 2004 and 2010 for the same three se...