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      Estableciendo la línea de base para la restauración del bosque de niebla en un paisaje periurbano Translated title: Establishing the baseline for cloud forest restoration in a peri-urban landscape

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          La mayor amenaza al bosque mesófilo de montaña en los alrededores de Xalapa, Veracruz, es la conversión a asentamientos humanos y urbanización, por lo que la restauración ecológica de este bosque en áreas periurbanas representa una acción decisiva para la recuperación y reconexión de áreas verdes y remanentes de bosque. En este artículo se describen las condiciones ecológicas iniciales que constituyen la línea de base para impulsar un proyecto de restauración ecológica de un bosque a partir de un potrero abandonado en un paisaje periurbano. La línea de base se estableció con información sobre 1) la historia de uso del suelo, 2) la variabilidad temporal y espacial de las características abióticas (microclima) y bióticas (estructura de la vegetación y composición florística) y 3) la resiliencia del ecosistema reflejada en el potencial de regeneración a partir del banco y lluvia de semillas. La línea de base condujo a implementar acciones de restauración activa (i.e., plantaciones multiespecíficas), y de restauración pasiva (i.e., supresión del disturbio); estos ensayos formarán parte de las exhibiciones permanentes del Jardín Botánico Francisco Javier Clavijero para informar sobre el prolongado y complejo proceso de recuperar un bosque periurbano.

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          The greatest threat to the cloud forest around Xalapa, Veracruz, is the conversion to human settlements and urbanization, therefore ecological restoration of this forest in peri-urban areas represents a decisive action for recovery and reconnection of green areas and forest remnants. This article describes the initial ecological conditions or baseline of an ecological restoration project from an abandoned pasture in a peri-urban landscape. The baseline was established with information about 1) history of land use, 2) temporal and spatial variability of abiotic (climate) and biotic (vegetation structure and floristic composition) characteristics of the site, and 3) the ecosystem resilience as regeneration potential from soil seed banks and seed rain. The baseline results guided the active restoration (i.e., multi-species plantations), and passive restoration (i.e., suppression of disturbance) actions. Active and passive restoration areas will be part of public displays of the Francisco Javier Clavijero Botanical Garden to inform about the long and complex process to recover a peri-urban cloud forest.

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          Despite continued forest conversion and degradation, forest cover is increasing in countries across the globe. New forests are regenerating on former agricultural land, and forest plantations are being established for commercial and restoration purposes. Plantations and restored forests can improve ecosystem services and enhance biodiversity conservation, but will not match the composition and structure of the original forest cover. Approaches to restoring forest ecosystems depend strongly on levels of forest and soil degradation, residual vegetation, and desired restoration outcomes. Opportunities abound to combine ambitious forest restoration and regeneration goals with sustainable rural livelihoods and community participation. New forests will require adaptive management as dynamic, resilient systems that can withstand stresses of climate change, habitat fragmentation, and other anthropogenic effects.
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                Madera y bosques
                Madera bosques
                Instituto de Ecología A.C. (Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico )
                1405-0471
                2448-7597
                2015
                : 21
                : 2
                : 89-101
                Affiliations
                [01] Jalapa Veracruz orgnameInstituto de Ecología A.C México fabiola.lopez@ 123456inecol.mx
                [02] Jalapa Veracruz orgnameInstituto de Ecología A.C México martha.bonilla@ 123456inecol.mx
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                S1405-04712015000200006 S1405-0471(15)02100200006
                62bbbbfd-ec0c-4ae6-aded-69abf8f1e1f7

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

                History
                : 09 April 2015
                : 16 June 2014
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 27, Pages: 13
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                secondary succession,restauración ecológica,peri-urban forest,bosque mesófilo de montaña,bosque periurbano,ecological restoration,potrero abandonado,cloud forest,abandoned pasture,sucesión secundaria

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