Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1139/X10-121 |
Analysis of forest types and estimates of biomass in the Sierra de La Laguna Reserve, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
Luis Leon-de la Luz, Jose; Dominguez-Cadena, Raymundo | |
通讯作者 | Luis Leon-de la Luz, Jose |
来源期刊 | CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE RECHERCHE FORESTIERE
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ISSN | 0045-5067 |
出版年 | 2010 |
卷号 | 40期号:10页码:2059-2068 |
英文摘要 | Understanding of the natural factors that lead to complex changes in forest ecosystems is limited. Worldwide, there are only a few forests as pristine and isolated as the Sierra de La Laguna in the southernmost range of the arid Baja California, Mexico. Its outstanding trait as a model system is that anthropogenic stressors are notably absent, which facilitates the study of natural ecological processes of the forest because separating human-induced ecological changes from natural ones is not a simple matter. In this study, we sampled sites and defined vegetation units on the basis of dominance of the canopy by the main tree species. We identified three forest types: the pine and encino forests that occupy the higher areas and the roble forest at lower elevations. For each living tree in the sampling plots, we measured height, canopy coverage per tree, diameter at breast height, as well as the amount of deadwood, leaf litter, and abundance of young trees. A succesional competition occurs between Pinus and Quercus sensu lato; we conclude that the encino forest represents a climax condition, the pine type represents an early succesional stage, and the roble forest type is a simple climax community. |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Mexico |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000282587800017 |
WOS关键词 | SEED BANK DYNAMICS ; SECONDARY SUCCESSION ; OAK FORESTS ; CHIAPAS ; DISTURBANCE ; HIGHLANDS |
WOS类目 | Forestry |
WOS研究方向 | Forestry |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/163590 |
作者单位 | Ctr Invest Biol Noroeste, Program Environm Management & Conservat, La Paz 23096, Bcs, Mexico |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Luis Leon-de la Luz, Jose,Dominguez-Cadena, Raymundo. Analysis of forest types and estimates of biomass in the Sierra de La Laguna Reserve, Baja California Sur, Mexico[J],2010,40(10):2059-2068. |
APA | Luis Leon-de la Luz, Jose,&Dominguez-Cadena, Raymundo.(2010).Analysis of forest types and estimates of biomass in the Sierra de La Laguna Reserve, Baja California Sur, Mexico.CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE RECHERCHE FORESTIERE,40(10),2059-2068. |
MLA | Luis Leon-de la Luz, Jose,et al."Analysis of forest types and estimates of biomass in the Sierra de La Laguna Reserve, Baja California Sur, Mexico".CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE RECHERCHE FORESTIERE 40.10(2010):2059-2068. |
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