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      Unidades de vegetación y composición florística en sectores del Altiplano del noroeste de Argentina. I. Ambientes de estepas Translated title: Vegetation units and floristic composition in areas of the northwestern Altiplano, Argentina. I. Steppe environments

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          Se estudió la composición florística y la estructura de la vegetación con el objetivo de identificar y describir las unidades de vegetación existentes en cuatro sectores del Altiplano del noroeste de Argentina. Se registró la cobertura total, densidad y cobertura específica, pendiente, altitud y orientación en parcelas ubicadas al azar en sitios diferenciados por las características fisonómicas de la vegetación. Se contabilizaron 35 especies de plantas vasculares, pertenecientes a 25 géneros de 14 familias. Las familias con mayor riqueza específica fueron Asteraceae(12 especies,34%), Poaceae (cinco especies, 14%), Fabaceae y Solanaceae (cuatro especies, 11% cada una). Se identificaron 14 unidades de vegetación, encontrándose estepas arbustivas con una especie dominante, estepas arbustivas con dos especies dominantes y estepas herbáceas. Se discute la correspondencia de las unidades identificadas con aquellas descritas por otros autores, la necesidad de aumentar el esfuerzo de muestreo en estos ambientes para contribuir al conocimiento de su historia natural y se realizan algunas consideraciones respeto a la conservación del área estudiada.

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          In order to identify and describe vegetation units, we investigated floristic composition and vegetation structure in four physiographicall and scapes of the north western Altiplano of Argentina. We recorded total vegetation cover, density and cover by species, slopes, altitude and exposure in plots randomly placed in sites differentiated by physonomic features of the vegetation, which broadly speaking consisted of shrubby steppes with only one dominant species, shrubby steppes with two dominant species, and grassy steppes. A total 35 taxa of vascular plants belonging to 25 genera and 14 families was recorded. The families with the highest specific richness were Asteraceae (12 species, 34%), Poaceae (five species, 14%), Fabaceae, and Solanaceae (four species, 10.8% each). Over the study region as a whole we designated fourteen vegetation units in total. We compare the phytogeographic characteristics of the areas studied with those of vegetation units studied by other authors, and conclude that sampling effort in these landscapes must be increased in order to enhance natural history knowledge of the Altiplano. Finally, we address aspects of the conservation status of the study region.

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                Ecología en Bolivia
                Ecología en Bolivia
                Plural Editores (La Paz, , Bolivia )
                1605-2528
                2075-5023
                April 2010
                : 45
                : 1
                : 4-19
                Affiliations
                [03] Salta orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa) orgdiv1Facultad de Cs. Naturales Argentina
                [01] orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa) orgdiv1Facultad de Cs. Naturales orgdiv2Instituto de Bio y Geociencias del NOA (IBIGEO)
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                S1605-25282010000100002
                252fe239-a5e0-4544-b16e-7ca3f81806dd

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : October 2009
                : January 2010
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                Altiplano,Composición florística,Puna,Riqueza de plantas,Unidades de vegetación,Floristic composition,Plant richness,Vegetation units

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