Fig. 6

One-way ANOVAs comparing the following: a ecological areas—considering DS, central plateau, shrub-steppes of San Jorge Gulf, and mountains and plateaus; HS, humid and dry Magellanic grass steppes; SL, shrublands; SAG, sub-Andean grasslands; FAV, forests and alpine vegetation for the potential biodiversity as the main factor; b potential biodiversity (L < 51, M = 51–62, H > 62) for ES proxies as the main factors. The dotted line indicates the mean value for Santa Cruz Province; F-value and probability between brackets are presented for each analysis, where different letters showed significant differences among categories of potential biodiversity using the Tukey test at p < 0.05. Proxies for supporting ES were as follows: SOC, soil organic carbon (kg m⁻²); STN, soil total nitrogen (kg m⁻²); ANPP, annual net primary productivity (gr C m² year⁻¹); and DES, desertification index (dimensionless). Proxy for provisioning ES was as follows: SPP, sheep presence probability (sheep presence probability km⁻²). Proxies for cultural ES were as follows: AES, aesthetic values (dimensionless); EXS, existence values (dimensionless); LI, local identity values (dimensionless); and REC, recreational values (dimensionless)