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000078183 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1111/rec.12704
000078183 0248_ $$2sideral$$a110439
000078183 037__ $$aART-2019-110439
000078183 041__ $$aeng
000078183 100__ $$aCastillo-Escrivà, A.
000078183 245__ $$aThe use of branch piles to assist in the restoration of degraded semiarid steppes
000078183 260__ $$c2019
000078183 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000078183 5203_ $$aDesertification is a major environmental problem in arid and semiarid regions. Tree plantation has been commonly employed to foster the recovery of degraded areas. However, this technique is costly, and their outcomes are often uncertain. Therefore, we evaluated an alternative method for the restoration of degraded semiarid steppes that involved the construction of branch piles to attract frugivores as potential seed-dispersing birds, promoting seed rain, and fostering the formation of woody patches. We measured the success of branch piles in terms of the number of bird visits and seed input compared to naturally occurring shrub patches. Generally, frugivorous birds visited branch piles less frequently than shrub patches. Yet, branch piles accumulated seeds of patch-forming shrub species. Seed rain was higher under patches of the dominant shrub Rhamnus lycioides than under branch piles. In contrast, woody patches and branch piles did not differ in seed input of the less abundant Pistacia lentiscus shrub. Our study demonstrates that branch piles are used by frugivorous birds and accumulate seeds of patch-forming shrubs. Branch piles may be a suitable method to promote the expansion of bird-dispersed plant species and restore semiarid wooded steppes. However, their efficiency largely depends on pile persistence and economic cost.
000078183 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CGL2011-30581-C02-01$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/Consolider-Ingenio-2010/CSD2007-00067-GRACCIE$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/UNCROACH
000078183 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/
000078183 590__ $$a2.721$$b2019
000078183 591__ $$aECOLOGY$$b54 / 168 = 0.321$$c2019$$dQ2$$eT1
000078183 592__ $$a1.188$$b2019
000078183 593__ $$aEcology$$c2019$$dQ1
000078183 593__ $$aNature and Landscape Conservation$$c2019$$dQ1
000078183 593__ $$aEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics$$c2019$$dQ1
000078183 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
000078183 700__ $$aLópez-Iborra, G.M.
000078183 700__ $$aCortina, J.
000078183 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7037-4970$$aTormo, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000078183 7102_ $$15011$$2220$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural$$cÁrea Ecología
000078183 773__ $$g27, 1 (2019), 102-108$$pRestor. ecol.$$tRestoration Ecology$$x1061-2971
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000078183 951__ $$a2020-07-16-09:25:50
000078183 980__ $$aARTICLE