Authors: Ricardo Torres, N. Ignacio Gasparri2, Pedro G. Blendinger2 and H. Ricardo Grau2

Supplementary Material 3. List of species modeled for the entire Argentinean Chaco ecoregión (ACE) and the Northern Argentine Dry Chaco (NADC). Asterisks denote those species whose models not complying with the criteria of reliability for further use in richness maps (an AUC value >0.65 and/or a final model with more of one variable). The number of occurrence localities refers to the number of effective points used for modelling in the ACE, and between parentheses the number of localities used for modelling in the NADC. For amphibians, birds and mammals the conservation status at national level (López-Lanús et al. 2008; Ojeda et al. 2012; Vaira et al. 2012) is consigned for threatened species, while the international status (from the webpage of the IUCN; accessed at 12/31/2013) are shown between parentheses (CR = critically endangered; EN = endangered; TH = threatened; VU = vulnerable). None of the trees we considered are at the higher risk categories in the list of threatened plant species of Argentina (http://www.lista-planear.org), adopted in 2010 by the Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable de la República Argentina. In birds and mammals, the more frequent habitat and diet, according to the available specific literature (del Hoyo et al. 1992-2011; Redford and Eisenberg 1992; Canevari and Vaccaro 2007; Gardner 2008; de la Peña 2011) and our own experience, are indicated. Habitats: F = forests; OA = open areas (grasslands and/or bare soil); W = wetlands and riparian habitats. Diet: c = carnivorous; g = granivorous; h = herbivorous; i = insectivorous; o = omnivorous; s = scavenger.

Article title: Land use and land cover effects on regional biodiversity distribution in a subtropical dry forest: a hierarchical integrative multi-taxa study

1 Cátedra de Diversidad Animal II, y Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Av. Vélez Sarsfield 299, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina. E-mail:

2 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) - Instituto de Ecología Regional - Laboratorio de Investigaciones Ecológicas de Las Yungas (IER-LIEY). Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (UNT), CC 34, 4107 Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Argentina

Corresponding author: Ricardo Torres, Cátedra de Diversidad Animal II, and Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Av. Vélez Sarsfield 299 (5000) Córdoba, Argentina. E-mail:

TREES

Species / Nº of occurrence localities
Acacia aroma / 26 (18)
Acanthosyris falcata / 29 (20)
Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco* / 105 (81)
Bulnesia sarmientoi / 42 (42)
Bumelia obtusifolia / 38 (33)
Caesalpinia paraguariensis* / 78 (59)
Calycophyllum multiflorum / 23 (22)
Ceiba chodatti / 38 (34)
Celtis tala* / 43 (28)
Cercidium praecox / 45 (39)
Copernicia alba* / 18 (5)
Geoffroea decorticans / 22 (16)
Jodina rhombifolia* / 13 (7)
Opuntia quimilo / 19 (15)
Pisonia zapallo / 15 (13)
Prosopis alba / 42 (31)
Prosopis kuntzei / 42 (29)
Prosopis nigra / 53 (37)
Prosopis ruscifolia / 24 (14)
Pterogyne nitens / 11 (9)
Ruprechtia triflora / 53 (52)
Sapium haematospermum / 22 (9)
Schinopsis lorentzii* / 92 (77)
Stetsonia coryne / 41 (34)
Tabebuia nodosa* / 69 (55)
Zizyphus mistol* / 107 (82)

AMPHIBIANS

Species / Nº of occurrence localities / Conservation
status
Ceratophrys cranwelli / 45 (27)
Chacophrys pierotti / 12 (7)
Dermatonotus muelleri / 32 (26)
Elachistocleis bicolor / 20 (13)
Hypsiboas raniceps / 31 (9)
Lepidobatrachus asper* / 25 (5)
Lepidobatrachus laevis / 29 (21)
Lepidobatrachus llanensis / 36 (18)
Leptodactylus bufonius / 84 (39)
Leptodactylus chaquensis / 53 (20)
Leptodactylus elenae / 21 (11)
Leptodactylus fuscus* / 18 (15)
Leptodactylus laticeps / 13 (8) / VU
Leptodactylus latinasus / 38 (15)
Odontophrynus lavillai / 13 (10)
Phyllomedusa azurea / 28 (16)
Phyllomedusa sauvagii / 51 (28)
Physalaemus albonotatus / 13 (7)
Physalaemus biligonigerus / 49 (28)
Physalaemus cuqui / 15 (15)
Pseudis platensis / 13 (10)
Rhinella major / 59 (37)
Rhinella schneideri / 45 (20)
Scinax acuminatus / 19 (7)
Scinax fuscovarius / 13 (9)
Scinax nasicus / 36 (15)
Trachycephalus typhonius / 27 (13)

BIRDS

Species / Nº of occurrence localities / Habitat / Diet / Conservation
status
Amazona aestiva / 53 (38) / F / g
Amazonetta brasiliensis / 42 (5) / W / o
Anhinga anhinga / 23 (5) / W / c
Aramides ypecaha / 37 (12) / W / o
Buteogallus meridionalis / 40 (9) / OA / c
Buteogallus urubitinga / 39 (10) / F / c
Cacicus chrysopterus / 56 (11) / F / o
Cacicus solitarius / 46 (16) / F / o
Cairina moschata / 30 (10) / W / o / TH
Callonetta leucophrys / 31 (6) / W / o
Campephilus leucopogon / 67 (26) / F / i
Campylorhamphus trochilirostris / 37 (16) / F / i
Casiornis rufus / 35 (7) / F / i
Cathartes burrovianus / 31 (8) / F-W-OA / s
Certhiaxis cinnamomeus / 28 (6) / W / i
Chunga burmeisteri / 42 (18) / F / o
Crypturellus tataupa / 60 (19) / F / o
Cyanocompsa brissonii / 43 (13) / F / g
Cyanocorax chrysops* / 46 (16) / F / o
Dryocopus schulzi / 43 (8) / F / i / TH
Elaenia spectabilis* / 23 (6) / F / i
Elanus leucurus* / 25 (7) / OA / c
Euscarthmus meloryphus / 19 (9) / F / i
Gampsonyx swainsoni* / 13 (7) / F / i
Geranoaetus melanoleucus* / 20 (5) / OA / c
Geranospiza caerulescens / 37 (10) / F / c
Guira guira / 60 (14) / F-OA / o
Harpyhaliaetus coronatus / 38 (10) / F-OA / c / EN (EN)
Icterus cayanensis / 72 (26) / F / i
Jabiru mycteria / 23 (7) / W / c / VU
Lathrotriccus euleri / 32 (5) / F / i
Lophospingus pusillus / 19 (8) / OA / g
Melanerpes cactorum / 56 (24) / F / i
Melanerpes candidus / 43 (8) / F / i
Melanopareia maximiliani* / 25 (6) / OA / i
Myrmorchilus strigilatus* / 22 (15) / F / i
Ortalis canicollis / 97 (37) / F / o
Pachyramphus viridis / 19 (6) / F / i
Parula pitiayumi / 56 (31) / F / i
Picumnus cirratus / 60 (20) / F / i
Piranga flava / 53 (22) / F / o
Poospiza torquata / 28 (10) / F / g
Rhea americana* / 58 (25) / OA / o / TH
Rhinocrypta lanceolata / 36 (13) / F / i
Rosthramus sociabilis* / 36 (5) / W / c
Saltator caerulescens / 52 (9) / W-F / g
Sarcoramphus papa* / 16 (6) / F-OA / s
Sarkidiornis melanotos* / 15 (5) / W / o / TH
Spiziapteryx circumcincta / 52 (12) / F-OA / c / VU
Sporophila lineola* / 16 (5) / F / g
Strix chacoensis / 17 (6) / F / c / TH
Sublegatus modestus / 35 (11) / F / i
Thamnophilus doliatus / 17 (11) / F / i
Theristicus caerulecens / 20 (7) / W / c
Theristicus caudatus / 26 (19) / W / c
Tigrisoma lineatum / 38 (8) / W / c
Veniliornis mixtus / 43 (18) / F / i
Xenopsaris albinucha / 21 (5) / F / i
Xiphocolaptes major / 54 (15) / F / i

MAMMALS

Species / Nº of occurrence localities / Habitat / Diet / Conservation
status
Cabassous chacoensis / 14 (6) / F / i
Catagonus wagneri / 14 (9) / F / o / EN
Cerdocyon thous / 38 (7) / F-OA / o
Chaetophractus vellerosus / 27 (15) / F / o
Conepatus chinga* / 42 (16) / F-OA / o
Didelphis albiventris* / 59 (15) / F-OA / o
Euphractus sexcinctus / 31 (17) / F / o
Galictis cuja / 31 (11) / F-OA / o / VU
Lagostomus maximus / 37 (20) / F-OA / h
Leopardus geoffroyi* / 60 (32) / F / c
Leopardus pardalis / 23 (11) / F / c
Lycalopex gymnocercus* / 69 (27) / F-OA / o
Mazama gouazoupira* / 59 (24) / F / h
Myrmecophaga tridactyla / 44 (31) / F-OA / i / VU (VU)
Panthera onca / 37 (23) / F-OA / c / CR
Pecari tajacu / 42 (14) / F / o / VU
Pediolagus salinicola / 45 (36) / F-OA / h
Priodontes maximus / 24 (18) / F-OA / i / EN (VU)
Procyon cancrivorus / 48 (16) / F-W / o / VU
Puma concolor / 68 (34) / F-OA / c
Puma yagouaroundi* / 66 (32) / F-OA / c
Sylvilagus brasiliensis* / 18 (6) / F / h
Tamandua tetradactyla / 44 (19) / F / i
Tapirus terrestris* / 25 (12) / F-W / f / EN (VU)
Tayassu pecari* / 20 (7) / F / o / EN (VU)
Tolypeutes matacus / 53 (30) / F / o

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