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      Agronomic response of forage mixtures in a silvopastoral system in the Colombian dry tropics Translated title: Respuesta agronómica de mezclas forrajeras en un sistema silvopastoril de trópico seco colombiano

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          Abstract Mixtures of forage grasses and legumes were established on 9.7 ha, using the following treatments: Brachiaria hybrida cv. Cayman, Brachiaria hybrida cv. Toledo, Panicum maximum cv. Mombaza, Brachiaria hybrida cv. Cayman + C. brasiliensis, Brachiaria hybrida cv. Toledo + C. brasiliensis, Panicum maximum cv. Mombaza + C. brasiliensis. The following variables were evaluated: vigor, height of the plant, coverage, incidence of pests and diseases at the four-week mark and production of forage and dry matter were recorded at the six-week mark. Statistical differences were found for plant height, which evidenced which of the treatments behaved best in terms of growth. Non-combined treatments were found to perform best for the production of dry matter variable. C. brasiliensis contributes to the growth of the combined grasses during the first four weeks of establishment, but after this time the legume begins to compete for space and light, affecting the development of the other forage species.

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          Resumen Se establecieron 9,7 ha, en asociación de gramíneas y leguminosas forrajeras utilizando los siguientes tratamientos: Brachiaria hibrido cv Cayman, Brachiaria hibrido cv Toledo, Panicum maximum cv. Mombaza, Brachiaria hibrido cv Cayman + C. brasiliensis, Brachiaria hibrido cv Toledo + C. brasiliensis, Panicum maximum cv Mombaza + C. brasiliensis, evaluándose las variables de vigor, altura de la planta, cobertura, incidencia de plagas y enfermedades a la cuarta semana y en la sexta semana se registraron valores de producción de forraje y materia seca de las asociaciones. Se encontraron diferencias estadísticas para altura, evidenciado mejor comportamiento en los tratamientos asociados; mientras que la variable de producción de materia los tratamientos sin asociación presentaron altos valores. C. brasiliensis contribuye al crecimiento de las gramíneas asociadas durante las cuatro primeras semanas de establecimiento, después de este tiempo la leguminosa inicia proceso de competencia por espacio, afectando el desarrollo de la otra especie forrajera.

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              REWRITING ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION HISTORY: DID CARRION ECOLOGISTS GET THERE FIRST?

              Ecological succession is arguably the most enduring contribution of plant ecologists and its origins have never been contested. However, we show that French entomologist Pierre Mégnin, while collaborating with medical examiners in the late 1800s, advanced the first formal definition and testable mechanism of ecological succession. This discovery gave birth to the twin disciplines of carrion ecology and forensic entomology. As a novel case of multiple independent discovery, we chronicle how the disciplines of plant and carrion ecology (including forensic entomology) accumulated strikingly similar parallel histories and contributions. In the 1900s, the two groups diverged in methodology and purpose, with carrion ecologists and forensic entomologists focusing mostly on case reports and observational studies instead of hypothesis testing. Momentum is currently growing, however, to develop the ecological framework of forensic entomology and advance carrion ecology theory. Researchers are recognizing the potential of carcasses as subjects for testing not only succession mechanisms (without assuming space-for-time substitution), but also aggregation and coexistence models, diversity-ecosystem function relationships, and the dynamics of pulsed resources. By comparing the contributions of plant and carrion ecologists, we hope to stimulate future crossover research that leads to a general theory of ecological succession.
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                Journal
                dyna
                DYNA
                Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas
                Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia )
                0012-7353
                2346-2183
                June 2020
                : 87
                : 213
                : 80-84
                Affiliations
                [1] Valle del Cauca orgnameUniversidad del Cauca orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias orgdiv2Grupo de Investigación Nutrición Agropecuaria Colombia carlosmartinez@ 123456unicauca.edu.co
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                S0012-73532020000200080 S0012-7353(20)08721300080
                10.15446/dyna.v87n213.79900
                54b54037-a7db-4231-bdb4-e3f00733ed10

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

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                : 18 March 2020
                : 25 May 2019
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                competencia interespecífica,Canavalia brasiliensis,legume,gramínea,grass,leguminosa,interspecific competition

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