Bird assemblage structure in the Desert Puna in areas with different disturbance activity of a subterranean herbivorous rodent

Natalia  Andino; Viviana Fernández; Stella M.  Giannoni; Carlos E.  Borghi

doi:10.3989/pirineos.2024.179.349

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Natalia Andino Centro de Investigaciones de la Geósfera y la Biosfera (CIGEOBIO), UNSJ-CONICET https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0805-4850
Viviana Fernández Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan (UNSJ) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2369-5736
Stella M. Giannoni Centro de Investigaciones de la Geósfera y la Biosfera (CIGEOBIO), UNSJ-CONICET - Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan (UNSJ) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3552-6611
Carlos E. Borghi Centro de Investigaciones de la Geósfera y la Biosfera (CIGEOBIO), UNSJ-CONICET - Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan (UNSJ) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3726-6000

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/pirineos.2024.179.349

Palabras clave:

Puna desértica, ingenieros ecológicos, Ctenomys mendocinus, cascada trófica, ensambles de aves

Resumen

Los roedores subterráneos herbívoros como Ctenomys mendocinus (tuco-tuco), tienen un impacto significativo en la cobertura y composición de la vegetación. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo examinar la influencia indirecta de los tuco-tucos en las poblaciones y ensambles de aves del extremo sur de la Puna desértica. En una estepa arbustiva, a una altitud de entre 3.000 y 3.100 m.s.n.m., se realizaron muestreos de aves entre febrero de 2001 y octubre de 2004. Se establecieron transectos de 50 m de largo y 40 m de ancho: 56 ubicadas en parches altamente perturbados y 53 en parches escasamente perturbados por los tuco-tucos. Nuestros resultados muestran que las áreas con mayor perturbación por tuco-tucos están asociadas con una disminución en la abundancia de aves (93 individuos en áreas perturbadas vs. 226 en áreas no perturbadas) y una menor riqueza de especies (6 especies en áreas perturbadas vs. 11 en áreas no perturbadas).

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