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Biblioteca(s): 	INIA Treinta y Tres.	
Fecha corriente: 	18/02/2019	
Fecha de la última actualización: 	20/02/2020	
Autoria: 	BLUMETTO, O.; CASTAGNA, A.; CARDOZO, G.; GARCIA, F.; TISCORNIA, G.; RUGGIA, A.; SCARLATO, S.; ALBICETTE, M.M.; AGUERRE, V.; ALBÍN, A.	
Afiliación: 	OSCAR RICARDO BLUMETTO VELAZCO, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; ANDRES CASTAGNA DU PRE, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; GERONIMO AGUSTIN CARDOZO CABANELAS, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; FELIPE LUIS GARCIA OLASO, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; GUADALUPE TISCORNIA TOSAR, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; ANDREA PAOLA RUGGIA CHIESA, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; SANTIAGO SCARLATO GARCIA, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; MARIA MARTA ALBICETTE BASTRERI, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; MARIA VERONICA AGUERRE ANTIA, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; ALFREDO SANTIAGO ALBÍN FERREIRA, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay.	
Título: 	Ecosystem integrity index, an innovative environmental evaluation tool for agricultural production systems.	
Año de publicación: 	2019	
Fuente/Imprenta: 	Ecological indicators, 2019, v. 101, p. 725-733.	
DOI: 	10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.01.077	
Idioma: 	Inglés	
Notas: 	Article history: Received 4 July 2018; Received in revised form 9 January 2019; Accepted 29 January 2019.	
Contenido: 	ABSTRACT: Environmental assessment of agricultural production systems is an increasing concern within the international community. When evaluation involves biodiversity indicators, as richness or diversity in certain taxa or their roles in ecosystems, the participation of specialists is required to identify, classify and interpret diversity at the level of species, communities and ecosystems. Due to costs and time demand, this can be an important obstacle when a widespread use of these assessments is needed to contribute to policy making and evaluation, field
management decision-making or implementation of a specific technology. We developed a new index that combines different environmental characteristics which can be evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively with a basic training, can be implemented quickly and each index component is directly associated with key aspects for the assessment of ecosystem capacity to sustain wildlife and ecosystem services. The Ecosystem Integrity Index (EII) evaluates the status of a specific ecosystem under agricultural use, referred to an optimal condition that must be established for the ecoregion. Its application involves a qualitative and quantitative visual evaluation considering four components: vegetation structure, plant species, soil and riparian areas. Each component is valued on a 0?5 scale, where 5 is the best possible condition. EII is a simple and robust tool for evaluating and monitoring integrity of groecosystems and the primary validation demonstrates good correlation with other environmental variables such as wildlife diversity and soil organic carbon.	
Palabras-Clave: 	BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE.	
Thesagro: 	BIODIVERSIDAD; ECOSISTEMAS; MANEJO DE PASTOREO; SUSTENTABILIDAD.	
Categoría del tema: 	F40 Ecología vegetal	
Registro original: 	INIA Treinta y Tres (TT)	
Ejemplares: 	TT - (102697-1) - PXI - AP - DD - PP/ECOLOGICAL-INDICATORS/2019 -  -  - DIS