Tropical tree species diversity in a mountain system in southern Mexico: local and regional patterns and determinant factors
Martínez Camilo, Rubén [autor] | González Espinosa, Mario [autor] | Ramírez Marcial, Neptalí [autor] | Cayuela Delgado, Luis [autor] | Pérez Farrera, Miguel Ángel [autor].
Tipo de material: Artículo en línea Tipo de contenido: Texto Tipo de medio: Computadora Tipo de portador: Recurso en líneaTema(s): Biodiversidad forestal | Variación espacial | Grupo funcional | Topografía | Cambio climáticoTema(s) en inglés: Forest biodiversity | Spatial variation | Functional group | Surveying | Climatic changesDescriptor(es) geográficos: Sierra Madre de Chiapas (México) Nota de acceso: Disponible para usuarios de ECOSUR con su clave de acceso En: Biotropica. Volumen 50, número 3 (May 2018), páginas 499-509. --ISSN: 1744-7429Número de sistema: 28165Resumen:Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca actual | Colección | Signatura | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras |
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Disponible para usuarios de ECOSUR con su clave de acceso
Mechanisms explaining patterns of biodiversity along elevation gradients in tropical mountain systems remain controversial. We use a set of climatic, topographic, and soil variables encompassing regional, landscape, and local-level spatial scales to explain the spatial variation of tree species diversity in the Sierra Madre of Chiapas, Mexico. We sampled 128 circular plots (0.1-ha each) in four elevational bands along four elevation gradients or transects encompassing 100-2200 m. A total of 12,533 trees belonging to 444 species were recorded. Diversity patterns along the elevation gradient and the explanatory power of independent variables were dependent on spatial scale (regional vs transect) and functional group (total vs late-successional or pioneer species). Diversity of all species and late-successional species (1 - proportion of pioneer species) showed a constant pattern at the regional and transect scales, with low predictive power of climatic variables and/or elevation. A linear decrease in either number or proportion of pioneer species diversity was observed with increasing elevation, which was correlated with temperature, rainfall, and human disturbance trends. Total species diversity showed an increase with rainfall of the warmest quarter, indicating a regional-level limiting effect of seasonality (drought duration). Yet the explanatory power of climatic and topographic variables was higher at the individual transect level than at the regional scale, suggesting the parallel but differential influence of evolutionary and geological history factors on diversification not so far studied to explain elevation patterns of species diversity in tropical mountain systems. eng