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

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut Méditerranéen de la Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Marine et Continentaleen
cg.contributor.crpForests, Trees and Agroforestry
cg.coverage.countryColombia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CO
cg.coverage.regionAmericas
cg.coverage.regionSouth America
cg.coverage.regionLatin America and the Caribbean
cg.creator.identifierMarcela Quintero: 0000-0001-8107-7744en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/d14100846en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1424-2818en
cg.issue10en
cg.journalDiversityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.river.basinAMAZONen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatBIODIVERSITYen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatECOSYSTEM SERVICESen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatFORESTRYen
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on landen
cg.volume14en
dc.contributor.authorArgote, Karolinaen
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez Sánchez, Beatrizen
dc.contributor.authorQuintero, Marcelaen
dc.contributor.authorFrancesconi, Wendyen
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T09:22:09Zen
dc.date.available2022-10-20T09:22:09Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125129
dc.titleOne tree at a time: Restoring landscape connectivity through silvopastoral systems in transformed amazon landscapesen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2022-10-07en
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
dcterms.extent18 p.en
dcterms.issued2022-10-07en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherMDPIen
dcterms.subjectsilvopastoral systemsen
dcterms.subjectlandscape conservationen
dcterms.subjectbiodiversity conservationen
dcterms.subjectsistemas silvopascícolasen
dcterms.subjectconservación del paisajeen
dcterms.subjectconservación de la diversidad biológicaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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