Between Grasslands and Mountains: Identification of valuable areas for landscape connectivity in the Tandilia Mountain System for carnivore species.
María Florencia Aranguren,
María Verónica Simoy,
María Gimena Pizzarello
et al.
Abstract:Habitat loss and fragmentation threaten biodiversity, particularly for carnivores whose dispersion and population viability are compromised by reduced available habitat and anthropic elements in the landscape, such as roads and crops. In Argentina, the Pampas grasslands have experienced considerable degradation and replacement by crops and are currently limited to natural patches scattered throughout the region. In the Tandilia mountains, these grassland remnants persist as crucial refuges for the species that… Show more
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