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BOTANICAL SCIENCES
Volume 97, Issue 1, Pages 50-64Publisher
SOC BOTANICA MEXICO
DOI: 10.17129/botsci.2024
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conservation; semi-deciduous forest; traditional management
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Background: The fundo legal (FL) represents a strip of vegetation that surrounds many towns in the Yucatan Peninsula. The main function of the FL is the provision of ecosystem services. Hypothesis: Does the composition and structure of the FL vegetation differ from the mature vegetation (VM) of the Yaxcaba municipal seat? / The FL and the VM are similar in terms of their floristic richness but not in their structure. Place and dates of study: In the VM and the vegetation of the FL of the municipal seat of Yaxcaba, Yucatan from February to July 2017. Methods: They were made 32 sampling units (SU) located in the predominant soil types (hollum and kankab); 24 SU were performed within the FL and 8 SU in the VM. In each SU, all individuals > 2.5 cm in diameter were recorded. The richness and diversity of species was compared between FL and VM through rarefaction to standardize the sampling effect and through a linear model and a post hoc test the structural differences between both types of vegetation could be defined. Results: The results revealed similarity in richness, tree density and species diversity between FL vegetation and VM. However, the basal area was significantly lower in FL. Conclusions: The formal differences between the vegetation structure of the FL with respect to VM show us that the sustainable use of FL is possible.
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