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Cassini, Marcelo Hernan
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Rivas, Luciano
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2024-02-27T11:11:07Z
dc.date.issued
2023-08
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Cassini, Marcelo Hernan; Rivas, Luciano; Lack of evidence of significant impact of European rabbits on Patagonian forest regeneration; Springer; European Journal of Wildlife Research; 69; 4; 8-2023; 1-6
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1612-4642
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http://hdl.handle.net/11336/228498
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The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is among the 100 most harmful invasive alien organisms worldwide designated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Therefore, the Argentine government officially declared this species as being detrimental to biodiversity conservation. Rabbits represent a potential threat to the regeneration of Patagonian forests, which host unique biodiversity and functional relationships. However, two local studies that evaluated diet composition using microhistological analysis of feces in the north and south of Patagonian forests found that trees represent a small proportion of the annual diet of rabbits. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of rabbits on saplings in an area of Patagonian forest with high rabbit densities. We sampled 294 saplings for rabbit herbivory in 20 1-ha forest plots adjacent to grasslands and shrublands in Lanin National Park, Argentina. No evidence of tree regeneration limitations was found in the affected stands, which concurs with the results of previous local studies on diet composition. Other anthropogenic impacts, such as domestic ungulate breeding, intentional fires, urban growth, and forestry, appear to represent more serious threats to Patagonian forests than rabbit herbivory.
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application/pdf
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eng
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Springer
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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ARGENTINA
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IMPACT
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INVASIVE SPECIES
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ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS
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PATAGONIA
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Conservación de la Biodiversidad
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Ciencias Biológicas
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CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
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Lack of evidence of significant impact of European rabbits on Patagonian forest regeneration
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.date.updated
2024-02-22T12:52:32Z
dc.journal.volume
69
dc.journal.number
4
dc.journal.pagination
1-6
dc.journal.pais
Alemania
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Berlín
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Fil: Cassini, Marcelo Hernan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; Argentina
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Fil: Rivas, Luciano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; Argentina
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European Journal of Wildlife Research
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-023-01710-1
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01710-1
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