dc.contributor.author |
González-Tagle, MA |
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dc.contributor.author |
Schwendenmann, Luitgard |
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dc.contributor.author |
Jiménez Pérezc, J |
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dc.contributor.author |
Schulz, R |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-09-29T01:46:43Z |
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dc.date.available |
2008-04-10 |
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dc.date.issued |
2008-07-10 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Forest Ecology and Management, 2008, 256 (1-2), 161 - 167 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0378-1127 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/30538 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Although wildfires are occurring frequently in the pine–oak forests in the Sierra Madre Oriental (northeastern Mexico), data on post-fire succession and forest structure are still rare. Our objectives were to (1) assess the changes in woody plant species composition after fire and to (2) to relate successional patterns to environmental variability. Based on their fire history 23 plots were selected in the Parque Ecológico Chipinque (PECH). Changes in forest structure across the chronosequence of burned stands were deduced from density, height and diameter measurements of trees and shrubs (>5 cm in diameter) in all plots of 1000 m2. Differences in woody plant species composition among the plots were evaluated using Shannon evenness measure and the Whittaker's measure and by Hierarchical cluster analysis and Detrended Correspondence Analysis. Hierarchical cluster analysis showed a high similarity among all recently burned plots, independed of the aspect. Multivariate analysis showed that local environmental factors, including time since fire, continue to structure species composition. Oak species (mainly Quercus rysophylla) resprouted successfully after fire and dominated young post-fire stands. Pine species (Pinus pseudotrobus and Pinus teocote) only appeared 18 years after fire and were the dominating species in mature stands (62 years after fire). In contrast, woody plant species composition in older stands tended also to be influenced by factors such as aspect and by the potential solar radiation (PSR) during the growing season. The results demonstrate that in the PECH, natural regeneration is sufficient and woody plant species composition will be similar to pre-fire conditions after 60 years of succession. We conclude that the park managers should consider incorporating natural disturbance regimes into their management practices. |
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dc.description.uri |
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dc.language |
English |
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dc.publisher |
Elsevier |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Forest Ecology and Management |
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dc.rights |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.subject |
Science & Technology |
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dc.subject |
Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
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dc.subject |
Forestry |
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dc.subject |
FORESTRY |
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dc.subject |
pine-oak forests |
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dc.subject |
fire |
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dc.subject |
forest structure |
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dc.subject |
woody plant species composition |
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dc.subject |
Sierra Madre Oriental |
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dc.subject |
Mexico |
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dc.subject |
COOCCURRING CHAPARRAL SHRUBS |
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dc.subject |
INTENSE WILDFIRE |
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dc.subject |
JEFFREY PINE |
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dc.subject |
PATTERNS |
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dc.subject |
DIVERSITY |
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dc.subject |
RESERVE |
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dc.subject |
REGIMES |
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dc.title |
Forest structure and woody plant species composition along a fire chronosequence in mixed pine-oak forest in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Northeast Mexico |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1016/j.foreco.2008.04.021 |
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pubs.issue |
1-2 |
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pubs.begin-page |
161 |
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pubs.volume |
256 |
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dc.description.version |
VoR - Version of Record |
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pubs.author-url |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112708003435 |
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pubs.end-page |
167 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
115650 |
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pubs.org-id |
Science |
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pubs.org-id |
School of Environment |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1872-7042 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2016-09-29 |
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