One tree at a time: Restoring landscape connectivity through silvopastoral systems in transformed amazon landscapes

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut Méditerranéen de la Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Marine et Continentaleen_US
cg.contributor.crpForests, Trees and Agroforestryen_US
cg.coverage.countryColombiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2COen_US
cg.coverage.regionAmericasen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouth Americaen_US
cg.coverage.regionLatin America and the Caribbeanen_US
cg.creator.identifierMarcela Quintero: 0000-0001-8107-7744en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/d14100846en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1424-2818en_US
cg.issue10en_US
cg.journalDiversityen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.river.basinAMAZONen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatBIODIVERSITYen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatECOSYSTEM SERVICESen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatFORESTRYen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on landen_US
cg.volume14en_US
dc.contributor.authorArgote, Karolinaen_US
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez Sánchez, Beatrizen_US
dc.contributor.authorQuintero, Marcelaen_US
dc.contributor.authorFrancesconi, Wendyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T09:22:09Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-10-20T09:22:09Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125129en_US
dc.titleOne tree at a time: Restoring landscape connectivity through silvopastoral systems in transformed amazon landscapesen_US
dcterms.abstractDue to the continued expansion of pastures and illicit crops, the Andes-Amazon foothills in Colombia are one of most threatened biodiversity hotspots in the country. Halting and restoring the connectivity of the landscapes transformed over the last 40 years and now dominated by extensive cattle ranching practices, represents a challenge. Silvopastoral systems (SPSs) have been proposed as a strategy to help conserve the biodiversity by improving landscape connectivity. However, understanding the contributions of SPSs to biodiversity conservation still requires additional research. At the farm scale (here called farmscape), we compared different landscape fragmentation and connectivity metrics under two SPS conditions (with and without). Overall, the adoption of SPSs increased the probability of connectivity (PC) index in all cases. However, the contributions of SPSs to landscape connectivity were not linear. Greater PC increases were observed in highly degraded farmscapes (ΔPc = 284) compared to farmscapes containing patches that were better connected and had larger habitat areas (ΔPc = 6). These variables could play a fundamental role in enhancing the landscape connectivity through restoration activities that seek to improve biodiversity conservation. Even if they are relatively small and scattered, in highly degraded cattle ranching systems, SPSs could significantly improve the landscape connectivity, which in turn could improve wildlife conservation.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2022-10-07en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationArgote, K.; Rodríguez-Sánchez, B.; Quintero, M.; Francesconi, W. (2022) One tree at a time: Restoring landscape connectivity through silvopastoral systems in transformed amazon landscapes. Diversity 14(10): 846 18 p. ISSN: 1424-2818en_US
dcterms.extent18 p.en_US
dcterms.issued2022-10-07en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherMDPIen_US
dcterms.subjectsilvopastoral systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectlandscape conservationen_US
dcterms.subjectbiodiversity conservationen_US
dcterms.subjectsistemas silvopascícolasen_US
dcterms.subjectconservación del paisajeen_US
dcterms.subjectconservación de la diversidad biológicaen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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