Pub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.1995
E. F. Burgos, I. G. Gómez Villafañe, M. S. Santini, M. G. Quintana, O. Salomón, R. Cavia
A�������. Strategies for the prevention and control of commensal rodents would improve with be�er knowledge of their response to environmental factors from different spatial scales. In this research we evaluated which different scales environmental characteristics determine rodent infestation levels in a subtropical urban to rural landscape gradient in Misiones, Argentina. A total of 87 households from an urban, a periurban and a rural landscape were surveyed at least once, with nine households surveyed repeatedly along five consecutive seasons. Rodent infestation levels were estimated using nontoxic bait stations set up in the backyard and garden of each household. Different environmental characteristics at several spatial scales were obtained from field surveys and land cover classification based on a satellite image. Ra�us spp. was detected in 42.5% of the households. The lowest rodent infestations occurred in winter.Infestation levels showed spatial dependence up to 2500 m. Rodent infestation was associated with landscape types and environmental characteristics at the macro and microhabitat scales. Macrohabitat characteristics explained 53.7% of the variation of rodent infestation levels, whereas microscale explained 28.0% and landscape type only 2%. This multiscale study provides evidence that households’ characteristics may not be the most important factor to explain variations in the abundance of commensal rodents’ around human dwellings. As a consequence, prevention and control measures would be more effective if applied at the neighborhood level and during winter, since it is a critical time for preventing compensatory population responses in rodent infestations.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2048
M. Rago, M. F. Urretavizcaya
{"title":"Acumulación de biomasa en juveniles de arbustos nativos expuestos a distintos niveles de luz asociados a esquemas de manejo forestal de coníferas exóticas","authors":"M. Rago, M. F. Urretavizcaya","doi":"10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2048","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53684,"journal":{"name":"Ecologia Austral","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44513653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.1929
Daiana F. Jaume, Cintia P. Souto, Mariana Tadey
{"title":"Herbivoría y sequía en el Monte: Factores de estrés que afectan el crecimiento y el ataque de insectos en hojas y semillas de una especie forrajera","authors":"Daiana F. Jaume, Cintia P. Souto, Mariana Tadey","doi":"10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.1929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.1929","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53684,"journal":{"name":"Ecologia Austral","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46511049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2082
D. Larrea, H. C. Achitte-Schmutzler, José M. Sánchez
{"title":"Taxonomic diversity of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) assemblages in forest remnants in the Northeast of Argentina","authors":"D. Larrea, H. C. Achitte-Schmutzler, José M. Sánchez","doi":"10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2082","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53684,"journal":{"name":"Ecologia Austral","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45648039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2058
C. Achiorno, G. Minardi, M. Schneider, M. Fogel
{"title":"Evaluation of the South American gastropod Heleobia parchappii as test organism in cadmium toxicity bioassays","authors":"C. Achiorno, G. Minardi, M. Schneider, M. Fogel","doi":"10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2058","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53684,"journal":{"name":"Ecologia Austral","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49272509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.1972
Milagros Sánchez, P. Baldassini, M. D. L. Á. Fischer, Joaquín Torre Zaffaroni, Carlos M. Di Bella
{"title":"Dónde, cuándo y cómo ocurren grandes incendios en la provincia de La Pampa, Argentina: Una caracterización basada en sensores remotos","authors":"Milagros Sánchez, P. Baldassini, M. D. L. Á. Fischer, Joaquín Torre Zaffaroni, Carlos M. Di Bella","doi":"10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.1972","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.1972","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53684,"journal":{"name":"Ecologia Austral","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44363980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2040
Guillermo Martínez Pastur, Mariano M. Amoroso, Germán Baldi, M. D. Barrera, A. Brown, L. Chauchard, Leonardo Galetto, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Ignacio Gasparri, S. Kees, S. Matteucci, Natalia Politi, F. A. Roig, P. Peri
{"title":"¿Qué es un bosque nativo en la Argentina? Marco conceptual para una correcta definición de acuerdo con las políticas institucionales nacionales y el conocimiento científico disponible","authors":"Guillermo Martínez Pastur, Mariano M. Amoroso, Germán Baldi, M. D. Barrera, A. Brown, L. Chauchard, Leonardo Galetto, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Ignacio Gasparri, S. Kees, S. Matteucci, Natalia Politi, F. A. Roig, P. Peri","doi":"10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53684,"journal":{"name":"Ecologia Austral","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46490429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2120
M. C. Naval Fernández, Jimena Albornoz, Laura M. Bellis, Carolina Baldini, Julieta Arcamone, L. Silvetti, M. Álvarez, J. P. Argañaraz
{"title":"Megaincendios 2020 en Córdoba: Incidencia del fuego en áreas de valor ecológico y socioeconómico","authors":"M. C. Naval Fernández, Jimena Albornoz, Laura M. Bellis, Carolina Baldini, Julieta Arcamone, L. Silvetti, M. Álvarez, J. P. Argañaraz","doi":"10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2120","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53684,"journal":{"name":"Ecologia Austral","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41940504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.1922
Carlos M. Ibarra, Gerardo C. Leynaud, Laura C. Pereyra, Barbara Arias Toledo
{"title":"Saberes y leyendas: El etnoconocimiento como herramienta para mejorar la convivencia entre serpientes y pobladores del sur de la Región Chaqueña (Córdoba, Argentina)","authors":"Carlos M. Ibarra, Gerardo C. Leynaud, Laura C. Pereyra, Barbara Arias Toledo","doi":"10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.1922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.1922","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53684,"journal":{"name":"Ecologia Austral","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46207324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2014
Patricia Rodríguez, Gabriela González Garraza, R. López, A. Coronato, Gabriela Mataloni, María Granitto, Andrea Malits, Florencia Veira
{"title":"Caracterización limnológica, estructura del fitoplancton y batimetría de Laguna Negra, un lago coloreado del Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)","authors":"Patricia Rodríguez, Gabriela González Garraza, R. López, A. Coronato, Gabriela Mataloni, María Granitto, Andrea Malits, Florencia Veira","doi":"10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25260/ea.23.33.1.0.2014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53684,"journal":{"name":"Ecologia Austral","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44480695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}