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Archives of Biological Sciences
2011, vol. 63, br. 3, str. 731-737
jezik rada: engleski
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doi:10.2298/ABS1103731G

Can environmental variation affect seedling survival of plants in Northeastern Mexico?
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Facultad de Agronomía UANL Unidad La Ascensiun, La Ascensiun Aramberri, N.L. México


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The effects of global warming increase the frequency and intensity of many climate events such as rainfall. We evaluated the effects of environmental conditions on early stage seedling survival of the native thorn scrub species Caesalpinia mexicana A. Gray, Celtis pallida Torr., Cordia boissieri A. DC., and Ebenopsis ebano (Berland.) Barneby and J.W. Grimes, during the summer of 2009 and 2010. The experimental design had two factors, two levels of rainfall and three microhabitats of thorn scrub: (i) open interspace, (ii) thorn scrub edge and (iii) under the canopy of dense thorn scrub. In dense thorn scrub, seedling survival was higher for Caesalpinia mexicana and Celtis pallida, and for Cordia boissieri and Ebenopsis ebano seedling survival was higher in dense thorn scrub and thorn scrub edge. The effect of rainfall on seedling survival depended on the year. Rainfall in 2010 and dense thorn scrub increased seedling survival of native species. For survival, the limiting factors of microhabitats appear to change across the years. Besides rainfall events, biological aspects like competition and mycorrhiza effects would need to be considered in models of plant establishment.

Ključne reči

Caesalpinia mexicana; Celtis pallida; Cordia boissieri; Ebenopsis ebano; microhabitat; native species; rainfall; seedling survival

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