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      Estacionalidad y estructura de la vegetación en la comunidad de anfibios y reptiles de Chamela, Jalisco, México

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          Se evaluó el efecto de la estacionalidad ambiental y la estructura de la vegetación en los patrones espacio-temporales de la comunidad (composición, diversidad, riqueza y abundancia relativa) de los anfibios y reptiles de la región de Chamela, Jalisco. Tres sitios fueron muestreados, mediante un diseño de bloque dentro de una matriz de vegetación de arroyo (VA) y bosque tropical caducifolio (BTC) utilizando tres técnicas complementarias de muestreo (trampeo; parcelas de búsqueda intensiva y transectos visuales) durante la época de secas y de lluvias. Se registraron 34 especies (25 de reptiles y nueve de anfibios). Las curvas de acumulación de especies y los índices predictores de riqueza, sugieren que el esfuerzo de muestreo fue el adecuado. Los valores más altos de riqueza, diversidad y abundancia se registraron en la VA. Se registraron mayores fluctuaciones estacionales en anfibios que en reptiles, y en el BTC que en la VA. Se documenta un recambio de especies, tanto espacial (matriz de vegetación VA-BTC) como temporal (estacional), más marcado en anfibios cuyo registro de individuos fue mínimo durante la época de secas y solo dentro de la VA. La VA es importante para el mantenimiento de la diversidad herpetofaunística, no sólo por su menor estacionalidad y mayor productividad, sino por su mayor complejidad estructural. Se encontró una mayor respuesta de los anfibios hacia los cambios en la estructura de la vegetación que los reptiles, los cuales estuvieron más ampliamente distribuidos espacial y temporalmente.

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          The effect of effect of environmental seasonality and habitat structure on the spatial and temporal patterns of the reptile and amphibian communities in Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico was evaluated. Three complementary sampling techniques (plots, visual transects and sampling arrays with drift fences and pitfall traps) were used in three sites during the wet and dry seasons using a block design to sample the seasonally dry tropical forest (SDTF) and its adjacent arroyo forest (VA). Thirty-four species were recorded (25 of reptiles and 9 of amphibians). The species accumulation curves and richness predictors suggested sampling effort was appropriated. Highest values of species richness, diversity and relative abundance were recorded in the VA when compared with the SDTF. Seasonal fluctuations were marker in the amphibian community and in the SDTF than in reptiles and the VA respectively. There is a marked species turn over both spatially (along the VA and SDTF) and temporally (across the seasons) more especially evident in amphibians. Arroyo forest is important for the maintenance of species diversity, especially for amphibians, because in this vegetation environmental seasonality is less marked, and both productivity and vegetation structure is higher. The response of amphibians to changes in vegetation structure was more marked than those recorded in reptiles.

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                Journal
                azm
                Acta zoológica mexicana
                Acta Zool. Mex
                Instituto de Ecología A.C. (Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico )
                0065-1737
                2448-8445
                2008
                : 24
                : 3
                : 91-115
                Affiliations
                [02] Cuernavaca Morelos orgnameUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas México
                [01] San Patricio Melaque Jalisco orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México orgdiv1Instituto de Biología orgdiv2Estación de Biología Chamela México chanoc@ 123456ibiologia.unam.mx
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                S0065-17372008000300007 S0065-1737(08)02400300007
                14d827b1-71c0-493a-8b2c-b00bcc45904e

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 10 March 2008
                : 24 August 2007
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 77, Pages: 25
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                estacionalidad ambiental,community structure,vegetation,environmental seasonality,herpetofauna,seasonally tropical dry forest,estructura de la comunidad,vegetación,bosque tropical caducifolio

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