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      Estructura y diversidad de la vegetación arbórea del Parque Estatal Agua Blanca, Macuspana, Tabasco Translated title: Structure and diversity of arboreal vegetation in the Parque Estatal Agua Blanca, Macuspana, Tabasco

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          Se analizó la estructura y diversidad de especies arbóreas en cuatro unidades de muestreo (UM) de 50 x 50 m (0.25 ha) cada una establecidas al azar en la porción centro-oeste del Parque Estatal Agua Blanca (PEAB), Macuspana, Tabasco. Se registraron variables dasométricas de todos los individuos con diámetro a la altura del pecho > 1 cm, determinando su estratificación vertical y distribución horizontal, así como el cálculo de índices de importancia estructural y de diversidad. La vegetación presentó dos estratos bien definidos: inferior (< 9 m) y superior (> 9 m), mientras que la distribución horizontal de los individuos fue según el índice de Morisita (Ιδ), generalmente aleatoria. Se identificaron 71 especies pertenecientes a 57 géneros y 40 familias; la familia Meliaceae fue la más rica en especies (14), seguida de Fabaceae (8) y Moraceae (7). El género Chamaedorea (Arecaceae), al igual que las especies Rinorea guatemalensis (Violaceae) y Astrocaryum mexicanum (Arecaceae), tuvieron los valores más altos de importancia estructural. De acuerdo con los índices de Margalef (Dα) y Shannon (Η'), la riqueza y diversidad de especies fue significativamente (p < 0.05) menor en la UM4 que en las UM1, UM2 y UM3, las cuales fueron estadísticamente iguales entre sí. En comparación con otras selvas de México, el PEAB tuvo valores intermedios en número de árboles por hectárea, bajos en riqueza de especies e intermedios en diversidad α de Fisher.

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          The diversity and structure were analysed for the species of trees in four 50 x 50 m (0.25 ha) sampling units (SU) randomly established in the central-western area of the "Parque Estatal Agua Blanca" (PEAB), Macuspana, Tabasco. Dasometric variables of all individuals with a diameter at breast height > 1 cm were registered, including the vertical stratification and horizontal distribution. The structural importance and diversity indices were calculated. The vegetation presented two well defined strata: lower (< 9 m) and higher (> 9 m), whereas the horizontal distribution of the specimens was generally random according to the Morisita index (Ισ). A total of 71 species were identified, belonging to 57 genera and 40 families. The Meliaceae family was the richest in species (14), followed by Fabaceae (8) and Moraceae (7). The genus Chamaedorea (Arecaceae) and the species Rinorea guatemalensis (Violaceae) and Astrocaryum mexicanum (Arecaceae) had the greatest values of structural importance. In accordance with the Margalef (Dα) and Shannon (H') indices, the richness and diversity of species were significantly (p < 0.05) lower in SU4 than in SU1, SU2 and SU3, which were statistically similar. Compared with other tropical rainforests in Mexico, the PEAB had intermediate values with respect to the number of trees per hectare, low values for species richness and intermediate values for Fisher's α diversity.

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              Patterns of tree abundance and dispersion in a tropical deciduous (dry) forest are summarized. The generalization that tropical trees have spaced adults did not hold. All species were either clumped or randomly dispersed, with rare species more clumped than common species. Breeding system was unrelated to species abundance or dispersion, but clumping was related to mode of seed dispersal. Juvenile densities decreased approximately exponentially away from adults. Rare species gave evidence of poor reproductive performance compared with their performance when common in nearby forests. Patterns of relative species abundance in the dry forest are compared with patterns in other forests, and are explained by a simple stochastic model based on random-walk immigration and extinction set in motion by periodic community disturbance.
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                Universidad y ciencia
                Universidad y ciencia
                Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Dirección de Investigación y Posgrado (Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico )
                0186-2979
                April 2010
                : 26
                : 1
                : 1-17
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                [01] Montecillo Edo. de México orgnameColegio de Postgraduados orgdiv1Programa Forestal México vmzarcoe@ 123456colpos.mx
                [02] orgnameUniversidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco orgdiv1División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas
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                S0186-29792010000100001 S0186-2979(10)02600100001
                d0a92623-5074-498d-bca2-194cb71f5edf

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

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                : 05 March 2010
                : 20 June 2007
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                horizontal distribution,species richness,structural indices,Vertical stratification,índices estructurales,Estratificación vertical,distribución horizontal,riqueza de especies

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