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Velez-Ruiz, Ana M; Yépez, Enrico A (2019): Components of litterfall production in a tropical deciduous forest of Northwest Mexico [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.903897, Supplement to: Velez-Ruiz, AM; Yépez, EA (2019): Componentes de la producción de hojarasca en un Bosque Tropical Seco del Noroeste de México. In: Paz-Pellat, F; Velázquez-Rodríguez. A & Rojo-Martinez M (eds) Estado Actual del Conocimiento del Ciclo del Carbono y sus Interacciones en México: Síntesis a 2019. Serie Síntesis Nacionales. Programa Mexicano del Carbono. Texcoco, Estado de México, México

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Published: 2019-07-16 • DOI registered: 2019-08-17

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Abstract:
This dataset contains information about the production and composition of litterfall at a successional gradient of the tropical deciduous forest of northwestern Mexico In these sites, the production was collected every fifteen days during the period from June 2018 to February 2019. We used sixty 0.5 m diameter litter traps (20 per site) made of synthetic mesh suspended at 75 cm from the ground. Contents from each bag were separated in leaves, branches, seeds, fruits, flowers and bark. Subsequently they were introduced in a drying oven for 48 hours at 65 °C. To calculate the amount of litter per unit area, the litter weight of each sample was divided by the area of the trap (0.19 m2), expressing the values in grams of litter per square meter (g m2). The sites are part of the private reserve "Monte Mojino" managed by Naturaleza y Cultura International. This reserve is whitin the "Area de Protección de Flora y Fauna Sierra de Alamos-Rio Cuchujaqui in Northwestern Sonora, México". At this reserve we work at three contiguous sites i) an old gowth forest, ii) a secondary forest (clear cut but in regeneration for over 35 years) and iii) early secondary succession forest patch with about 9 years of natural regeneration.
Keyword(s):
Álamos; ecology; litterfall; litterfall components; litterfall production; México; Northwest Mexico; Successional Stage; tropical deciduous forest
Coverage:
Latitude: 26.999120 * Longitude: -108.785300
Date/Time Start: 2018-06-30T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2019-02-28T00:00:00
Event(s):
Sierra_de_Alamos_ESF (Early Succession Forest) * Latitude: 26.999120 * Longitude: -108.785300 * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT) * Comment: Dominant species: Acacia cochliacantha, Mimosa spp.
Comment:
Study Site: ANP Sierra de Álamos – Río Cuchujaqui.
The sites are part of the private reserve “Monte Mojino” managed by Naturaleza y Cultura International. This reserve is whitin the “Area de Protección de Flora y Fauna Sierra de Alamos-Rio Cuchujaqui in Northwestern Sonora, México”. At this reserve we work at three contiguous sites i) an old gowth forest, ii) a secondary forest (clear cut but in regeneration for over 35 years) and iii) early secondary succession forest patch with about 9 years of natural regeneration.
Funding Organization (s): Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología CONACYT CB-2013-241014 and Programa de Fomento y Apoyo a Proyectos de Investigación, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (PROFAPI-ITSON).
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1SiteSiteVelez-Ruiz, Ana M
2StageStageVelez-Ruiz, Ana MSuccesion stage
3DATE/TIMEDate/TimeVelez-Ruiz, Ana MGeocode
4Day of the yearDOYdayVelez-Ruiz, Ana M
5IdentificationIDVelez-Ruiz, Ana M
6Litter, biomassLitter biomg/m2Velez-Ruiz, Ana MLitterfall Production: Total mass
7Litter, biomassLitter biomg/m2Velez-Ruiz, Ana MComponent: Leaves
8Litter, biomassLitter biomg/m2Velez-Ruiz, Ana MComponent: Branches
9Litter, biomassLitter biomg/m2Velez-Ruiz, Ana MComponent: Seeds
10Litter, biomassLitter biomg/m2Velez-Ruiz, Ana MComponent: Fruits
11Litter, biomassLitter biomg/m2Velez-Ruiz, Ana MComponent: Flowers
12Litter, biomassLitter biomg/m2Velez-Ruiz, Ana MComponent: Barks
13ProportionProp%Velez-Ruiz, Ana MLeaves, proportion in litterfall
14ProportionProp%Velez-Ruiz, Ana MBranches, proportion in litterfall
15ProportionProp%Velez-Ruiz, Ana MSeeds, proportion in litterfall
16ProportionProp%Velez-Ruiz, Ana MFruits, proportion in litterfall
17ProportionProp%Velez-Ruiz, Ana MFlowers, proportion in litterfall
18ProportionProp%Velez-Ruiz, Ana MBarks, proportion in litterfall
License:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0)
Size:
7674 data points

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