Vegetation Structure, Classification and Climatic Characteristics in Temperate-like Mountain Forests Dominated by Abies jaliscana in Western Mexico

Year 2019, Volume: 19 Issue: 2, 235 - 258, 30.09.2019

Ricardo Guerrero Hernández Miguel ángel Muñiz Castro J. Antonio Vázquez García J. Ariel Ruiz Corral Gerardo Hernández Vera

https://doi.org/10.17475/kastorman.626375

Abstract

Aim
of study:
Examine patterns in woody species composition, vegetation structure,
precipitation and temperature parameters over two fir forest elevation ranges
and to discuss some biome-climate characteristics.

Area
of Study:
Field sampling was conducted in 20 Abies
forest sites over two elevation ranges (Laguna Juanacatlan and Cerro La Bufa)
in western Jalisco, Mexico.

Material
and Methods: Using linear regressions, relationships between climate and
fir forest structure were inferred. We examined vegetation structure
complemented by cluster and indicator species analyses.

Main
results: A
total of 2378 stems belonging to 67 species were recorded, species richness and
Shannon index were not different between localities. Cluster analysis suggest
three forest types: upper montane cloud forest (UMCF), mixed fir-UMCF and fir
forest. Fir basal area and abundance showed differences between localities.
Reverse J-shaped size distribution pattern was found, except in the Cerro La
Bufa lower belt, where a J-shaped pattern indicates low recruitment and high
number of canopy individuals.

Highlights: The
lower temperatures and increase in winter rainfall along the elevational
gradient, enable an auspicious habitat for western Mexican fir forests.

Keywords

Abies jaliscana, Forest Structure, Precipitation of Coldest Quarter, Fir Forest Subtypes, Temperate-like Biome

Meksika'nın Batısındaki Abies jaliscana'nın Egemen Olduğu Ilıman Ormanların Bitki Örtüsü Yapısı, Sınıflandırılması ve Iklimsel Özellikler

Abstract

Çalışmanın
Amacı:
Farklı yükseltilerdeki iki farklı göknar ormanının odunsu türlerinin
kompoziyonunun, vejetasyon yapısının, yağış ve sıcaklık parametreleri
bakımından incelenmesi ve bazı biyom-iklim özelliklerini tartışmak.

Çalışma
Alanı: Alan
örneklemesi, Meksika’nın batı Jalisco kentinde iki yükseklik aralığında (Laguna
Juanacatlan and Cerro La Bufa) seçilmiş yirmi farklı Abies ormanında
yapılmıştır.

Materyal
ve Yöntem:
Doğrusal regresyonlar kullanılarak, iklim ve göknar ormanlarının yapısı
arasındaki ilişkiler ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Küme ve gösterge türlerinin
analizleri ile tamamlanan bitki örtüsünün yapısı incelenmiştir.

Sonuçlar: 67
türe ait toplam 2378 birey kaydedilmiş olup, tür zenginliği ve Shannon
indeksine göre bölgeler arasında farklılık gözlenmemiştir. Kümeleme analizi üç
orman türü önermektedir: yüksek dağ ormanı, karışık göknar yüksek dağ ormanı ve
göknar ormanı. Göknar bazal alanı ve bolluğu bölgeler arasında farklılıklar
göstermiştir. Bir J-şekilli desenin işaret ettiği düşük stok ve yüksek sayıda
kanopi bireyini gösteren Cerro La Bufa’nın alt kısımları haricinde, ters
J-şekilli boyut dağılım modeli bulunmuştur.

Önemli
vurgular: Düşük
sıcaklıklar ve yükselti gradyanları boyunca artan kış yağışları, Meksika göknar
ormanları için iyi bir yaşam alanı sağlamaktadır.

Keywords

Abies jaliscana, Orman Yapısı, En Soğuk Çeyreğin Yağışları, Göknar Ormanı Alt Türleri, Ilıman Benzeri Biyom

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