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The Legacy of the Past on the Current Composition of Yerba Buena's Urban Trees

A recent study describes the changes in the diversity, cover, and composition of urban trees in Yerba Buena city (Tucumán, Argentina), using data from a Tree Census conducted by the Municipality of Yerba Buena and maps of tree cover and age of the city's neighborhoods. It represents a joint effort between the Municipality and the Institute of Regional Ecology.  

Open Dumps in Tucumán: A Remote Approach

In response to the global challenge of urban solid waste management, we present two studies that demonstrate how the combined use of satellite imagery and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) allows for the detection, mapping, and analysis of the dynamics of open dumps in Tucumán, Argentina.

Conceptual system maps to understand and manage ecosystem services and disservices: a powerful tool born in the Andes

Researchers from the Instituto de Ecología Regional (IER, CONICET–UNT), in collaboration with national and international colleagues, have recently published a paper in Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation proposing a novel and practical approach to understand and manage multiple ecosystem services and disservices.

Some soybean cultivars exhibit enhanced reproductive success in response to pollinator visitation, indicating differential dependence on pollination services among varieties.

Did you know that some soybean cultivars benefit more from pollination than others?

Modelling alternative management strategies of invasive tree species at the expansion front: Ligustrum lucidum as a case study biological invasions, conservation, control strategies, individual based models

Managing invasive non-native species is a global challenge, especially for long-lived trees like Ligustrum lucidum, known for its detrimental effects on invaded ecosystems.

Conserving forests and managing pesticide applications could maintain the health of honey bees in soybean crops

Stress in hives near soybean crops in the Chaco is lower in conserved forests and with a lower incidence of pesticides. agricultural management  

LIFEPLAN

Mapping global biodiversity with LIFEPLAN: a groundbreaking project using innovative sampling to track species distribution and predict future changes.

Assessing the risk of contamination in an open-air dump using drones and geographic information systems

An innovative methodology to assess the risks of contamination in open dumps

Fruit size is not a good indicator of which bird species consume it

Contrary to what is widely accepted, fruit and a bird's beak size correspondence is not decisive for understanding fruit-bird interactions

How storms alter soil and its microbiota: A study in temperate forests

A recent international study, in which Pablo García Díaz from the Instituto de Ecología Regional (IER, UNT-CONICET) participated, analyzed how severe storms affect soil chemical composition and bacterial communities in a temperate forest in England.

Native and Non-Native Forests: Key Differences in Carbon Storage and Flux. A global study compares how forests dominated by native and non-native trees differ in carbon storage and flux

Romina Fernández, a researcher at the Regional Ecology Institute (IER), co-authored this publication, which highlights the impact of forest type (native or non-native) on the carbon cycle, with implications for forestry policies and climate change.

IER funded project to continue studies on the reproductive ecology of honey bees

IER funded project to continue studies on the reproductive ecology of honey bees One year of funding will be used to study the areas where honey bee (Apis mellifera) drones congregate.