Los Pastizales del Río de la Plata (PRP) son una de las áreas más extensas de
ecosistemas abiertos (pastizales, arbustales y sabanas) del mundo. Históricamente, estos …

Human activities lead to declines in species' abundance and diversity, as well as loss of
habitat quality from overexploitation. The effects of livestock grazing increase on small felids …

Climate change is altering the distribution of wildlife across the globe. These distributional
changes, paired with the environmental and vegetative shifts that spurred them, are likely to …

Biodiversity conservation planning must be ecosystem-specific and take into account human
needs as food production. The Pampa biome is a temperate grassland with high species …

The degradation of natural ecosystems due to land use changes has been increasing,
altering ecosystem composition, structure and processes, which negatively affects …

1. Rosette-shaped plants can amplify the diversity of predator arthropods and act as
potential shelters for these animals in grassland ecosystems under grazing effect. 2. Here …

Livestock grazing is common and widespread in the high Andean region; however, few
studies have evaluated the effects of traditional camelid grazing (llamas and alpacas) on …

This chapter provides an overview of the knowledge on mammals in the Campos Sulinos.
To date, 134 native species have been recorded, of which eleven are endemic. Through a …

Abstract The Pampa biome within Brazil is one of South America's most endangered
biomes, due to conversion to croplands and use for cattle farming, with very limited coverage …

Understanding the impact of mangrove vegetation and environmental conditions over
rodents' occurrence allow to optimize conservation efforts, due to the fact these mammals …