Lamb and wool provisioning ecosystem services in Southern Patagonia

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Peri, Pablo Luis, Rosas, Yamina Micaela, Rivera, Emilio Hernan, Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2021
• Subjects: Sheep; Wool; Models; Climate; Topography; Vegetation; Lambs; Livestock; Production; Wool Production; Ovinos; Lana; Ecosystem Services; Servicios de los Ecosistemas; Modelos; Clima; Topografía; Vegetación; Cordero; Nothofagus; Ganado; Producción; Santa Cruz (Argentina); Producción de Lana; Provisioning; Desertification Index; Normalizer Vegetation Index (NVDI); Magellanic Grass Steppe; PEBANPA Network; Aprovisionamiento; Índice de Desertificación; Índice de Vegetación Normalizador (NVDI); Estepa Magallánica; Red PEBANPA; Región Patagonica; Patagonia; Argentina; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9931; https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/15/8544; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158544

In Southern Patagonia, grasslands are the principal food resource for sheep reared for meat and wool as the main provisioning ecosystem services (ES). The main objective of this study was to model lamb and wool production as provisioning ES at a regional scale using climatic, topographic, and vegeta...