Litter fauna communities and litter decomposition in a selectively logged and an unmanaged pine-oak forest in Mexico

We analyzed the effect of selective logging on litter fauna parameters (abundance, richness and diversity) and litter decomposition (remaining dry mass) over time in a temperate pine-oak (Pinus spp.-Quercus spp.) forest in central México. An unmanaged and a managed forest were compared using a litte...

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Autores principales:	Martínez-Falcón,Ana P, Moreno,Claudia E, Pavón,Numa P
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales 2015
Materias:	Mexican temperate forests selective logging soil fauna diversity litter remaining dry mass
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-920020150001000092015-05-12Litter fauna communities and litter decomposition in a selectively logged and an unmanaged pine-oak forest in MexicoMartínez-Falcón,Ana PMoreno,Claudia EPavón,Numa P Mexican temperate forests selective logging soil fauna diversity litter remaining dry mass We analyzed the effect of selective logging on litter fauna parameters (abundance, richness and diversity) and litter decomposition (remaining dry mass) over time in a temperate pine-oak (Pinus spp.-Quercus spp.) forest in central México. An unmanaged and a managed forest were compared using a litter bag field experiment. Litter fauna was quantified to the levels of families and morphospecies. Litter fauna abundance, richness and diversity were higher in the unmanaged forest. The remaining dry mass of litter and the decomposition rates were statistically different between the two forests, suggesting that selective logging practices reduce decomposition processes. The remaining dry mass of litter was negatively correlated with fauna richness in the managed forest, and with both morphospecies richness and diversity at the unmanaged forest; indicating that as biodiversity increases, more litter might be decomposed. Both litter fauna diversity and the litter decay processes were better preserved in the unmanaged site, as compared with the selective logged forest. Our study reveals that leaving some pine-oak forest patches unmanaged is important for the protection of their biodiversity.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias ForestalesBosque (Valdivia) v.36 n.1 20152015-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002015000100009en10.4067/S0717-92002015000100009
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spellingShingle	Mexican temperate forests selective logging soil fauna diversity litter remaining dry mass Martínez-Falcón,Ana P Moreno,Claudia E Pavón,Numa P Litter fauna communities and litter decomposition in a selectively logged and an unmanaged pine-oak forest in Mexico
description	We analyzed the effect of selective logging on litter fauna parameters (abundance, richness and diversity) and litter decomposition (remaining dry mass) over time in a temperate pine-oak (Pinus spp.-Quercus spp.) forest in central México. An unmanaged and a managed forest were compared using a litter bag field experiment. Litter fauna was quantified to the levels of families and morphospecies. Litter fauna abundance, richness and diversity were higher in the unmanaged forest. The remaining dry mass of litter and the decomposition rates were statistically different between the two forests, suggesting that selective logging practices reduce decomposition processes. The remaining dry mass of litter was negatively correlated with fauna richness in the managed forest, and with both morphospecies richness and diversity at the unmanaged forest; indicating that as biodiversity increases, more litter might be decomposed. Both litter fauna diversity and the litter decay processes were better preserved in the unmanaged site, as compared with the selective logged forest. Our study reveals that leaving some pine-oak forest patches unmanaged is important for the protection of their biodiversity.
author	Martínez-Falcón,Ana P Moreno,Claudia E Pavón,Numa P
author_facet	Martínez-Falcón,Ana P Moreno,Claudia E Pavón,Numa P
author_sort	Martínez-Falcón,Ana P
title	Litter fauna communities and litter decomposition in a selectively logged and an unmanaged pine-oak forest in Mexico
title_short	Litter fauna communities and litter decomposition in a selectively logged and an unmanaged pine-oak forest in Mexico
title_full	Litter fauna communities and litter decomposition in a selectively logged and an unmanaged pine-oak forest in Mexico
title_fullStr	Litter fauna communities and litter decomposition in a selectively logged and an unmanaged pine-oak forest in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Litter fauna communities and litter decomposition in a selectively logged and an unmanaged pine-oak forest in Mexico
title_sort	litter fauna communities and litter decomposition in a selectively logged and an unmanaged pine-oak forest in mexico
publisher	Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales
publishDate	2015
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002015000100009
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Litter fauna communities and litter decomposition in a selectively logged and an unmanaged pine-oak forest in Mexico

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