| Expert Name | Dr. Alberto Soriano |
| Title | Professor |
| Division | Faculty of Agronomy/Dept. of Ecology |
| Institution | Universidad de Buenos Aires |
| City | Beunos Aires |
| Country | Argentina |
| Telephone | 54 1 523 6504 |
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| Work Experience | My research work in Patagonia, a vast region devoted to sheep farming, began in 1948 and represented a point of inflection in the knowledge of vegetation supporting the sheep industry. Several floral and ecological units were identified and described. These units, an unavoidable basis for management, have been confirmed recently with the use of satellite imagery. In 1993, I was invited to write the chapter on Patagonia in the volume corresponding to Temperate Deserts and Semideserts of the World in the collection Ecosystems of the World, Elsevier Publ. Co. My recent work, accomplished with my collaborators clarifies certain processes, determined by the conjunction of sheep grazing, environmental conditions and social factor, which represent useful tools for extension agents and farm administrators. All the results obtained by us have been published in local and international journals such as Oecologia, Vegetatio, Journal of Applied Ecology, etc. |
| Qualifications | * Agricultural Engineer, University of Buenos Aires, 1942
* Dr. h.c., University of Buenos Aires, 1994 |
| Number of Publications | 103 |
| Awards | 1. Doctor honoris causa, University of Buenos Aires
2. Bunge and Born Prize
3. Konex Prize
4. InterAmerican Institute of Agricultural Cooperation Prize |
| Other Activities | * Professor Emeritus in Plant Ecology, Univ. of Buenos Aires
* Director, Graduate School, Faculty of Agronomy, Univ. of Buenos Aires
* Member, National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
* Member, National Academy of Agronomy and Veterinary
* Director, Agricultural Plant Physiology and Ecology Research Institute |
| Publications | 1. Soriano, A., 1956. Aspectos ecologicos y pasturiles de la vegetacion patagonica relacionados con su estado y capacidad de recuperacion. Revista de Investigaciones Agropecuarias. 10:323-347. Buenos Aires.
2. Soriano, A., 1979. Distribution of grasses and grasslands of South America, in M. Numata (ed.) Ecology of Grasslands and Bamboolands in the world. Fischer Verlag.
3. Soriano, A. and O. Sala, 1983. Ecological strategies in Patagonia arid Steppe. Vegetario 56:9-15.
4. Soriano, A. and J.M. Paruelo, 1992. Biozones: vegetation units defined by function.
5. Soriano, A. O. Sala and S. Perelman, 1994. Patch structure and dynamics in a Patagonian arid steppe. Vegetatio 111:127-135. |
| Discipline | Ecology/Ecosystems |
| Last updated | 09/11/2006 15:20:00 |
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