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Table 2 Habitat survey data for each of the 19 sites surveyed for Dromiciops gliroides presence

From: The presence of the marsupial Dromiciops gliroides in Parque Nacional Los Alerces, Chubut, Southern Argentina, after the synchronous maturation and flowering of native bamboo and subsequent rodent irruption

Site

GPS

Landscape

Vegetation type

Dominant tree species

Dominant shrub species

Dominant ground cover species

Weeds

Tree hollows (number sighted)

Distance to water (m)

Notes

1

42°43′47″S 71°45′24″W

Slope

Mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Berberis darwinii

Moss (limited)

No

89

 

Dead Chusquea culeou (some fallen)

Lomatia hirsuta

Chusquea culeou

Lycalopex culpaeus sighted near this site

2

42°43′49″S 71°45′08″W

Flat

Mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Berberis darwinii

Moss

No

3

7 m to Rio Menendez

 

Lomatia hirsuta

Gaultheria mucronata

Chusquea culeou

Myoschilos oblongum

Austrocedrus chilensis

Colletia spinosissima

3

42°36′44″S 71°53′33″W

Flat

Mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Azara lanceolata

Fern

No

7

50 m

Chusquea culeou; Vine Mitraria coccinea

Chusquea culeou

Moss

Lycalopex culpaeus scats

4

42°36′43″S 71°53′33″W

Flat

Mainly native

Chusquea culeou

Azara lanceolata

Moss

No

0

40 m

Lycalopex culpaeus scats

Mitraria coccinea

Ferns (occasional)

5

42°43′44″S 71°45′22″W

Flat

Mainly native with some weeds

Nothfagus spp.

Lomatia hirsuta

Moss

Yes

29

250 m

 

Lomatia hirsuta

Berberis darwinii

Rosa rubigin osa

Chusquea culeou

Maytenus boaria

Ribes spp.

Luma apiculata

6

42°43′20″S 71°45′02″W

Slope

Mainly weeds with some natives

Prunus spp.

Rosa rubiginosa

Fern

Yes

0

50 m

Bottom of ridge

Azara lanceolata

Berberis darwinii

Rosa rubiginosa

Evidence of pig rooting

Luma apiculata

Lepus europaeus scats

7

42°43′22″S 71°45′01″W

Flat

Mainly weeds with some natives

Malus domestica Prunus spp.

Rosa rubiginosa

Grasses

Yes

0

200 m

Malus domestica flowering

Malus domestica

Fragaria chiloensis

Rosa rubiginosa

Cydonia oblonga

Chusquea culeou

Cytisus scoparius

  

Evidence of pig rooting

Trifolium sp.

Lepus europaeus scats

8

42°43′49″S 71°45′14″W

Slope

Mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Colletia spinosissima

Moss

No

69

10 m

 

Lomatia hirsuta

Berberis darwinii

Chusquea culeou

Aristotelia chilensis

Austrocedrus chilensis

9

42°43′47″S 71°45′16″W

Slope

Mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Gaultheria mucronata

Moss

No

10

10 m

Some Chusquea culeou still green, dead trees

Lomatia hirsuta

Myoschilos oblongum

Chusquea culeou

Colletia spinosissima

Austrocedrus chilensis

Vicia magellanica

Luma apiculata

Aristotelia chilensis

10

42°43′34″S 71°44′35″W

Top of ridge

Mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Raukaua laetevirens

 

Yes

0

100 m

Fresh pig scat, bird bones, bird scats, possible mink poo

Lomatia hirsuta

Berberis darwinii

Rosa rubiginosa

Chusquea culeou

Aristotelia chilensis

Austrocedrus chilensis

 

Lycalopex culpaeus sighted near this site 42°43′34″S 71°44′33″W

Luma apiculata

 

Aristotelia chilensis

 

11

42°43′37″S 71°44′36″W

Flat

Mainly native

Lomatia hirsuta

Vicia magellanica

 

Yes

0

20 m

Dead trees

Berberis darwinii

Austrocedrus chilensis

Gaultheria mucronata

Rosa rubiginosa

Myoschilos oblongum

12

42°43′37″S 71°44′40″W

Flat

Mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Aristotelia chilensis

Bracken fern

Yes

0

30 m

Fresh pig scats; road through transect

Lomatia hirsuta

Vicia magellanica

Rosa rubiginosa

Austrocedrus chilensis

13

42°43′40″S 71°44′42″W

Flat

mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Gaultheria mucronata

 

No

0

30 m

Road through transect

Lomatia hirsuta

Berberis darwinii

Chusquea culeou

Raukaua laetevirens

Austrocedrus chilensis

Luma apiculata

14

42°43′41″S 71°44′42″W

Slight slope

Mainly native

Lomatia hirsuta

Aristotelia chilensis

 

No

0

60 m

Fresh pig scats

Chusquea culeou

Maytenus boaria

15

42°43′46″S 71°45′19″W

Ridge

Mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Berberis darwinii

Moss

No

15

20 m

Some evidence of disturbance

Lomatia hirsuta

Maytenus boaria Myoschilos oblongum

Austrocedrus chilensis fungi

Chusquea culeou

Austrocedrus chilensis

Brain fungi

Luma apiculata

Aristotelia chilensis

16

42°43′47″S 71°45′17″W

flat

Mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Colletia spinosissima

Moss

No

19

 

Bird print, mink print at the water edge, sand, beach

Chusquea culeou

Myoschilos oblongum

Austrocedrus chilensis

Luma apiculata

Weinmannia trichosperma

Gaultheria mucronata

     

17

42°36′38″S 71°53′27″W

Slight slope

Mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Azara lanceolata

Moss

No

11

60 m

Some green Chusquea culeou, walkway construction materials in transect

Lomatia hirsuta

Raukaua laetevirens

Ferns x2

Chusquea culeou

Austrocedrus chilensis

Fitzroya cupressoides

Weinmannia trichosperma

18

42°43′48″S 71°45′01″W

Slope

Mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Myoschilos oblongum

Moss

No

25

10 m

 

Lomatia hirsuta

Gaultheria mucronata

Chusquea culeou

Berberis darwinii

Austrocedrus chilensis

Maytenus boaria

Luma apiculata

Raukaua laetevirens

Aristotelia chilensis

19

42°43′44″S 71°44′50″W

Slope

Mainly native

Nothfagus spp.

Myoschilos oblongum

Moss

No

25

10 m

Lycalopex culpaeus scats

Austrocedrus chilensis

Gaultheria mucronata

Berberis darwinii

Lomatia hirsuta

Maytenus boaria

Chusquea culeou

Vicia magellanica

Austrocedrus chilensis

Aristotelia chilensis