Flora and vegetation of Lejía lagoon, a desert ecosystem of the high Puna in northern Chile

ABSTRACT The puna is an ecosystem located in the desert plateau above 3500 m elevation in the Andes Range that covers parts of north- eastern Chile, north-western Argentina, south-eastern Peru and mid-western Bolivia between 15° and 28° S latitude. Laguna Lejía is a shallow lake set in an endorheic...

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Autores principales: Muñoz-Pedreros,Andrés, Hauenstein,Enrique, Faúndez,Luis, Möller,Patricia
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Publicado: Universidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas 2018
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-342920180002001732019-04-04Flora and vegetation of Lejía lagoon, a desert ecosystem of the high Puna in northern ChileMuñoz-Pedreros,AndrésHauenstein,EnriqueFaúndez,LuisMöller,Patricia Desert vegetation phytosociology sub-desert steppe wetland vegetation ABSTRACT The puna is an ecosystem located in the desert plateau above 3500 m elevation in the Andes Range that covers parts of north- eastern Chile, north-western Argentina, south-eastern Peru and mid-western Bolivia between 15° and 28° S latitude. Laguna Lejía is a shallow lake set in an endorheic basin, with high altitude steppe climate type, low temperatures and wide diurnal variation. Precipitation is concentrated in the summer; evaporation is very high and the relative humidity of the environment very low. The object of this study was to characterise the flora and plant associations present in this high, arid ecosystem. Intensive collecting and surveying was carried out in 2008, with the following products: (a) a catalogue of flora, including phytogeographic origin, life form, endemism and conservation state; (b) a phytosociological catalogue, and the characterization of the plant communities with their alpha and beta diversity. Thirty species of vascular plants were recorded, all native. Two plant associations were identified: Pappostipa-Deyeuxia (high Andean scrub) and Puccinellia-Calandrinia, corresponding respectively to the sub-desert steppe of the Atacama puna and the azonal vegetation associated with the Laguna Lejía wetland. The results justify the designation of the area as a priority conservation site for biodiversity by the government.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias AgronómicasIdesia (Arica) v.36 n.2 20182018-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-34292018000200173en10.4067/S0718-34292018005000402
institution Scielo Chile
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language English
topic Desert vegetation
phytosociology
sub-desert steppe
wetland vegetation
spellingShingle Desert vegetation
phytosociology
sub-desert steppe
wetland vegetation
Muñoz-Pedreros,Andrés
Hauenstein,Enrique
Faúndez,Luis
Möller,Patricia
Flora and vegetation of Lejía lagoon, a desert ecosystem of the high Puna in northern Chile
description ABSTRACT The puna is an ecosystem located in the desert plateau above 3500 m elevation in the Andes Range that covers parts of north- eastern Chile, north-western Argentina, south-eastern Peru and mid-western Bolivia between 15° and 28° S latitude. Laguna Lejía is a shallow lake set in an endorheic basin, with high altitude steppe climate type, low temperatures and wide diurnal variation. Precipitation is concentrated in the summer; evaporation is very high and the relative humidity of the environment very low. The object of this study was to characterise the flora and plant associations present in this high, arid ecosystem. Intensive collecting and surveying was carried out in 2008, with the following products: (a) a catalogue of flora, including phytogeographic origin, life form, endemism and conservation state; (b) a phytosociological catalogue, and the characterization of the plant communities with their alpha and beta diversity. Thirty species of vascular plants were recorded, all native. Two plant associations were identified: Pappostipa-Deyeuxia (high Andean scrub) and Puccinellia-Calandrinia, corresponding respectively to the sub-desert steppe of the Atacama puna and the azonal vegetation associated with the Laguna Lejía wetland. The results justify the designation of the area as a priority conservation site for biodiversity by the government.
author Muñoz-Pedreros,Andrés
Hauenstein,Enrique
Faúndez,Luis
Möller,Patricia
author_facet Muñoz-Pedreros,Andrés
Hauenstein,Enrique
Faúndez,Luis
Möller,Patricia
author_sort Muñoz-Pedreros,Andrés
title Flora and vegetation of Lejía lagoon, a desert ecosystem of the high Puna in northern Chile
title_short Flora and vegetation of Lejía lagoon, a desert ecosystem of the high Puna in northern Chile
title_full Flora and vegetation of Lejía lagoon, a desert ecosystem of the high Puna in northern Chile
title_fullStr Flora and vegetation of Lejía lagoon, a desert ecosystem of the high Puna in northern Chile
title_full_unstemmed Flora and vegetation of Lejía lagoon, a desert ecosystem of the high Puna in northern Chile
title_sort flora and vegetation of lejía lagoon, a desert ecosystem of the high puna in northern chile
publisher Universidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas
publishDate 2018
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-34292018000200173
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