Southern Temperate Grasslands

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Southern temperate grasslands in La Pampa, Argentina.

Southern Temperate Grasslands

Southern temperate grasslands include several types of grasslands. This habitat type covered much of extreme southeastern Brazil in southern Rio Grande dos Sul, Uruguay, and Northern Argentina, extending locally to Tierra del Fuego. Conversion of the Pampas to pastureland was nearly complete by the early 1800s. Much has since become cropland.

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Typical view of southern temperate grasslands in La Pampa, Argentina. Photo: Christian Ostrosky.

 

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Southern temperate grasslands adjacent to isolated patches of forests in La Pampa, Argentina. Photo: Christian Ostrosky.

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Reference:


  • Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation. Stotz Douglas F., Fitzpatrick John W., Parker Theodore A. III, and Moskovits Debra K. University of Chicago Press, 1996.