Perspectivas sobre contribuciones y estados del bosque nativo de actores sociales vinculados a la producción ganadera en el Espinal entrerriano

How human-induced transitions from forest to treeless ecosystems affect litter decomposition

“…In South American forests, the expansion of anthropogenic treeless ecosystems started with the growing human populations more than 6000 years ago, as a consequence of changes in fire regimes, clearing for logging and later conversion into agriculture and open rangelands (Marchant et al 2009;Armesto et al 2010;Mundo et al 2017). However, it is not until the last two centuries that unprecedented high rates of forest disruption were documented (Grau et al 2008;Hoyos et al 2013Hoyos et al ,2018Armenteras et al 2017;Cabido et al 2018;Rojido et al 2021). According to Graesser et al (2015) from 2001 to 2013, 57% of new pastureland replaced forests throughout Latin America.…”