Seed rain in a tropical dry forest and adjacent home gardens in the Yucatan

dc.creatorG. Jashui Villicaña Hernández
dc.creatorDANIELA ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ NATAREN
dc.creatorRICARDO XAVIER ALVAREZ ESPINO
dc.creatorMIGUEL ANGEL MUNGUIA ROSAS
dc.date2020
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-21T19:19:31Z
dc.date.available2023-07-21T19:19:31Z
dc.identifierhttp://cicy.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1003/1935
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7737485
dc.descriptionTropical home gardens are widely recognized as reservoirs of biodiversity. Typically, Maya home gardens have an area of intensive management and one of extensive management. In the latter, some wild plant species may find safe sites for establishment, since they exhibit a high degree of similarity (in terms in plant species composition) to the surrounding forest and are dominated by plants with fleshy fruit. Therefore, this may attract frugivorous animals, which in turn may generate some seed rain. The objective of our study was to compare seed rain in the extensively managed areas of home gardens and in the surrounding forest during the fruiting peak in a rural landscape in the Yucatan. We assessed seed rain using seed traps in two habitats: the extensively managed areas of home gardens and an adjacent tropical forest. Seed rain was more abundant, denser and more diverse in the home gardens than in the adjacent forest. Approximately one quarter of the seeds recorded are from species shared between the forest and home gardens, suggesting there is notable seed exchange between these habitats. Also 50% of the seed species exclusively found in home gardens are allochthonous, likely rare species from the forest. In general, our results suggest that home gardens—particularly their extensively managed areas—are effective seed traps for forest species.
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dc.languageeng
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/datasetDOI/https://doi.org/10.1177/1940082920974599
dc.relationcitation:Villicaña-Hernández, G. J., Martínez-Natarén, D. A., Alvarez-Espino, R. X., & Munguía-Rosas, M. A. (2020). Seed rain in a tropical dry forest and adjacent home gardens in the Yucatan. Tropical Conservation Science, 13, 1940082920974599.
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.sourceTropical Conservation Science, 13, 2020, 1940082920974599.
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/FOREST REGENERATION
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/NUCLEATION
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/SEED DISPERSAL
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/TRADITIONAL AGROECOSYSTEM
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/PLANT MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/YUCATAN PENINSULA
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/2
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/24
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/2417
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/241713
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/241713
dc.titleSeed rain in a tropical dry forest and adjacent home gardens in the Yucatan
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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