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oai:doaj.org/article:4952f51c1b0247f585ae4fb66420437f

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10.25260/EA.20.30.3.0.989

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Prosopis caldenia Fachinales intervened by different manes: Analysis from your seed bank

Abstract

In the pastures of the central semi-arid region of Argentina, there is an increase in woody and low-forage species. Its recovery as pastoral sites depends on the seed bank, its composition and dynamics in the face of various interventions. The aim was to determine the composition and abundance of species of the germinable soil seed bank (BSSG) and its relationship with the plant community in various vegetation patches of a renoval-fachinal area of calden seized with different management techniques. The work took place in an environment with a woody cover of more than 75 %. Four treatments were established by selective rolling and controlled burning: control (T), burned (Q), roll (R) and roll + burnt (R + Q). In each case, soil samples were taken in open patches (predominance of grasses and herbaceous plants) and closed (with a shrub stratum) to study the BSSG and the abundance of vegetation coverage was assessed. The data were analysed using the similarity indices of Jaccard and Raup-Crick, NMDS, ANOVA, two-way cluster and PerMANOVA. 34 species were identified in the BSSG and 61 species were registered in the plant community. 27 % of BSSG species were perennial grasses, mostly forage. The similarity between BSSG and vegetation, between treatments and patches of vegetation, was low. However, the BSSG had a high similarity between all treatments. Forage perennial grasses had a higher density of seedlings in the open patches. With regard to treatments, lower T density and higher density was observed in disturbed treatments. Perennial non-forage grasses and annual grasses and dicotyledones emerged more in closed patches. Exotic species increased with riots and had the highest values in R. In these systems subject to varied riots, the patches of vegetation generate spatial heterogeneity which acts as a determining factor in the composition and dynamics of the BSSG. As a result, vegetation patches and the soil seed bank, as a memory of the communities, are elements to be taken into account in order to restore these systems.

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