Spatial distribution and landscape impact analysis of quarrying in the highly fragmented ecosystem of Tandilia system (Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Irati Carabia-Sanz,
María Verónica Simoy,
Agustina Cortelezzi
et al.
Abstract:Quarrying generates signi cant changes in the grasslands, by reducing ecological functions, reducing connectivity, impairing biodiversity, and degrading soil. Unlike other forms of destruction such as agriculture or urbanization, mining is characterized by eliminating soil and exposing the bedrock, facilitating groundwater contamination processes. Quarrying in Pampean grassland has been expanding for a century and little is known about the extent and distribution of quarries over the native environment.In this… Show more
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