Structure, composition and carbon stocks of woody plant community in assisted and unassisted ecological succession in a Tamaulipan thornscrub, Mexico

Abstract Background Ecological restoration is a process that helps the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed. The success of restoration actions depend on the understanding of the processes, mechanisms and factors that guide vegetation dynamics. The restoration of pla...

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Autores principales:	Eduardo Alanís-Rodríguez, Víctor M. Molina-Guerra, Alejandro Collantes-Chávez-Costa, Enrique Buendía-Rodríguez, Arturo Mora-Olivo, Laura Sánchez-Castillo, Alejandro G. Alcalá-Rojas
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Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	Ecological restoration Plant communities Post-agricultural restoration Xerophytic scrub Community ecological properties Zoology QL1-991 Botany QK1-989
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4991478032ee429296c6504f2f0face82021-11-28T12:11:19ZStructure, composition and carbon stocks of woody plant community in assisted and unassisted ecological succession in a Tamaulipan thornscrub, Mexico10.1186/s40693-021-00102-60717-6317https://doaj.org/article/4991478032ee429296c6504f2f0face82021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40693-021-00102-6https://doaj.org/toc/0717-6317Abstract Background Ecological restoration is a process that helps the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed. The success of restoration actions depend on the understanding of the processes, mechanisms and factors that guide vegetation dynamics. The restoration of plant communities can be made by unassisted (passive restoration, where the community recover by itself) and assisted (active restoration) ecological succession. It is imperative to know the scope of both types of activities to guide future restoration actions by evaluating the properties and functioning of the intervened communities. Methods Variance analysis of the carbon (C) stocks, basal area, canopy area, Shannon–Weaver index values, specific richness and abundance of three Tamaulipan thornscrub communities (assisted natural succession area, unassisted natural succession area and control area) was performed. Furthermore, a similarity analysis between the sampling areas using the floristic composition (abundance) was performed. Results In total, 11 families, 17 genera and 20 species of vascular plants were registered. The richness of species and abundance ranked as follows per area: assisted ecological natural succession > control > unassisted ecological natural succession. The species composition between sampling areas showed a low number of common species between plant communities. Conclusions The values of species richness, diversity, abundance, basal area, and canopy area of the assisted natural succession vegetal community was statistical similar to the control plan community. The values of C stocks showed that assisted ecological succession could recover not only structure and composition attributes but also this key ecosystem property.Eduardo Alanís-RodríguezVíctor M. Molina-GuerraAlejandro Collantes-Chávez-CostaEnrique Buendía-RodríguezArturo Mora-OlivoLaura Sánchez-CastilloAlejandro G. Alcalá-RojasBMCarticleEcological restorationPlant communitiesPost-agricultural restorationXerophytic scrubCommunity ecological propertiesZoologyQL1-991BotanyQK1-989ENRevista Chilena de Historia Natural, Vol 94, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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topic	Ecological restoration Plant communities Post-agricultural restoration Xerophytic scrub Community ecological properties Zoology QL1-991 Botany QK1-989
spellingShingle	Ecological restoration Plant communities Post-agricultural restoration Xerophytic scrub Community ecological properties Zoology QL1-991 Botany QK1-989 Eduardo Alanís-Rodríguez Víctor M. Molina-Guerra Alejandro Collantes-Chávez-Costa Enrique Buendía-Rodríguez Arturo Mora-Olivo Laura Sánchez-Castillo Alejandro G. Alcalá-Rojas Structure, composition and carbon stocks of woody plant community in assisted and unassisted ecological succession in a Tamaulipan thornscrub, Mexico
description	Abstract Background Ecological restoration is a process that helps the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed. The success of restoration actions depend on the understanding of the processes, mechanisms and factors that guide vegetation dynamics. The restoration of plant communities can be made by unassisted (passive restoration, where the community recover by itself) and assisted (active restoration) ecological succession. It is imperative to know the scope of both types of activities to guide future restoration actions by evaluating the properties and functioning of the intervened communities. Methods Variance analysis of the carbon (C) stocks, basal area, canopy area, Shannon–Weaver index values, specific richness and abundance of three Tamaulipan thornscrub communities (assisted natural succession area, unassisted natural succession area and control area) was performed. Furthermore, a similarity analysis between the sampling areas using the floristic composition (abundance) was performed. Results In total, 11 families, 17 genera and 20 species of vascular plants were registered. The richness of species and abundance ranked as follows per area: assisted ecological natural succession > control > unassisted ecological natural succession. The species composition between sampling areas showed a low number of common species between plant communities. Conclusions The values of species richness, diversity, abundance, basal area, and canopy area of the assisted natural succession vegetal community was statistical similar to the control plan community. The values of C stocks showed that assisted ecological succession could recover not only structure and composition attributes but also this key ecosystem property.
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author	Eduardo Alanís-Rodríguez Víctor M. Molina-Guerra Alejandro Collantes-Chávez-Costa Enrique Buendía-Rodríguez Arturo Mora-Olivo Laura Sánchez-Castillo Alejandro G. Alcalá-Rojas
author_facet	Eduardo Alanís-Rodríguez Víctor M. Molina-Guerra Alejandro Collantes-Chávez-Costa Enrique Buendía-Rodríguez Arturo Mora-Olivo Laura Sánchez-Castillo Alejandro G. Alcalá-Rojas
author_sort	Eduardo Alanís-Rodríguez
title	Structure, composition and carbon stocks of woody plant community in assisted and unassisted ecological succession in a Tamaulipan thornscrub, Mexico
title_short	Structure, composition and carbon stocks of woody plant community in assisted and unassisted ecological succession in a Tamaulipan thornscrub, Mexico
title_full	Structure, composition and carbon stocks of woody plant community in assisted and unassisted ecological succession in a Tamaulipan thornscrub, Mexico
title_fullStr	Structure, composition and carbon stocks of woody plant community in assisted and unassisted ecological succession in a Tamaulipan thornscrub, Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Structure, composition and carbon stocks of woody plant community in assisted and unassisted ecological succession in a Tamaulipan thornscrub, Mexico
title_sort	structure, composition and carbon stocks of woody plant community in assisted and unassisted ecological succession in a tamaulipan thornscrub, mexico
publisher	BMC
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/4991478032ee429296c6504f2f0face8
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Structure, composition and carbon stocks of woody plant community in assisted and unassisted ecological succession in a Tamaulipan thornscrub, Mexico

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