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2. Floristic and structural characterization of forest communities in different physiographic units, El Dorado - Tumeremo, Bolívar - Venezuela.
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Rangel, Ronald, López, Juan, Gómez, Alicia, and Perdomo, Leyda
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FOREST density ,FORESTS & forestry ,COMMUNITY forests ,SPECIES diversity ,CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) ,LEGUMES ,INFORMATION retrieval ,SPECIES - Abstract
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- 2023
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3. Caracterización florística y estructural de los tipos de bosques por unidades fisiográficas en El Caimital, Barinas - Venezuela.
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Rangel, Ronald, Salcedo, Pedro, and Gómez, Alicia
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- 2021
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4. Diversidad alfa y beta de la comunidad de reptiles en el complejo cenagoso de Zapatosa, Colombia
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Guido Fabián Medina-Rangel
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diversidad alfa y beta ,lagartos ,serpientes ,tortugas y cocodrilos ,composición y estructura ,complejo cenagoso de Zapatosa ,Colombia ,alpha and beta diversity ,lizards ,snakes ,turtles and crocodiles ,composition and structure ,Zapatosa’s wetland complex ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
La diversidad es una propiedad de las comunidades, permite describir, caracterizar y entender el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas. Para estudiar la riqueza, abundancia y el recambio de especies de reptiles entre hábitats circundantes al complejo cenagoso de Zapatosa, se realizaron cuatro salidas de campo (noviembre de 2006 y octubre de 2007). Se invirtieron 640h/hombre de muestreo repartido en cinco tipos de hábitat: bosque casmófito, bosque seco, bosque de ribera, palmar y sabana arbolada. Se encontraron 847 individuos de 48 especies, la familia más rica fue Colubridae, se registraron cinco especies endémicas y ocho con algún grado de amenaza en conservación a nivel nacional. El hábitat más diverso fue el bosque de ribera. La representatividad del muestreo en total y para cada hábitat fue superior al 80%, con excepción del palmar (Alfa and beta diversity of reptilian assemblages in Zapatosa wetland complex, Colombia. Diversity is a property of community that can described, characterized, and understood according to the functioning of ecosystems. To study the richness and local abundance and species replacement between habitats around the Zapatosa’s wetland complex (El Cesar Department), I carried out four field trips between November of 2006 and October of 2007. A total of 640 sampling hours/man analyzed five habitat types chasmophyte forest, dry forest, riparian forest, palm-grove and tree-lined savanna; with the exception of the palm-grove sampled at its 75%, the others were sampled up to their 80%. I found 847 reptiles that were distributed in 48 species. The group with the highest number of species was Colubridae with 14, followed by Gekkonidae with five. Five endemic species and eight with some conservation threat grade at a national level a re reported. The riparian forest was the richest and most abundant habitat with 34 species and 196 individuals. For each habitat, Colubridae had the highest number of species, followed by the families Polychrotidae, Gekkonidae and Teiidae, in that order. The reptile species composition was not different between the tree-lined savanna and the chasmophyte forest, but differed among the tree-lined savanna and the riparian forest, palm-grove and dry forest habitats. The most important differences in the species composition among almost all the habitats were influenced by the species Anolis tropidogaster and Gonatodes albogularis, and the higher occurrence of Stenocercus erythrogaster in the chasmophyte forest. The species replacement had an average value of 50%; the biggest amounts of shared species were the lizards, while the snake Leptodeira septentrionalis was the only one present in all habitat types. The forest grows-among-rocks showed the biggest complementarity and number of unique species compared to the other habitats. The wetland complex provides two thirds of the reptile´s species reported until now for the Caribbean region, and more than 80% of those reported for the El Cesar department. This wetland complex seems to behave as a center for low land species concentration as it hosts a high proportion of species from those places. Rev. Biol. Trop. 59 (2): 935-968. Epub 2011
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- 2011
5. Evaluación de la diversidad en comunidades de tardígrados (Ecdysozoa: Tardigrada) en hábitats urbano y rural de la ciudad de Salta (Argentina).
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González-Reyes, Andrea, Acosta, X., Corronca, J., Rocha, M., Doma, I., and Repp, E. Y.
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- 2016
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6. Diversidad de mamíferos pequeños en dos sitios con diferente grado de alteración en la Sierra Sur, Oaxaca, México.
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García-Estrada, Carlos, Peña-Sánchez, Yadira Arlet, and Colín-Martínez, Helisama
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- 2015
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7. Microbial communities responses in fluvial biofilms under metal stressed scenarios
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Argudo Fernández, Maria, Gich Batlle, Frederic, Guasch i Padró, Helena, Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia, and Universitat de Girona. Institut d'Ecologia Aquàtica
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Estudis de camp ,Alpha and beta diversity ,Contaminació per metalls ,Molecular biology ,574 - Ecologia general i biodiversitat ,579 - Microbiologia ,Ecotoxicology ,Biodiversidad ,Contaminación por metales ,504 - Ciències del medi ambient ,MIcrobial communities ,Biologia molecular ,Contaminació de l'aigua ,Comunidades microbianas ,Estudios de campo ,Biología molecular ,Metal pollution ,Biodiversity ,Biodiversitat ,Ecotoxicologia ,Water pollution ,Ecotoxicología ,Contaminación del agua ,Diversitat alfa i beta ,502 - Natura. Estudi, conservació i protecció de la natura ,Comunitats microbianes ,Field studies ,Diversidad alfa y beta ,57 - Biologia - Abstract
This thesis shows how the metals of natural and anthropic origin change significantly the composition of the prokaryotic communities (mainly the composition of bacteria). The β-diversity is the most sensitive variable to the effects of metals, unlike α-diversity, which is hardly affected or even benefited. In scenarios with high and chronic metal pollution, the resident community (DNA fraction) suffers changes in its composition that can be detected at phylum or class taxonomic level. However, in fluvial ecosystems, subjected to lower levels of metal pollution, only the RNA fraction is affected by selecting more active OTUs/ASVs. In addition, the knowledge about the bacterial composition of communities and, consequently, the selection of specific taxa is useful to find some potential prokaryotes functions important in stress response caused by metals Esta tesis muestra cómo los metales de origen natural y antrópico cambian la composición de las comunidades de procariotas, sobre todo de las bacterias. La β-diversidad es la variable más sensible a los efectos de los metales, a diferencia de la α-diversidad, que no se muestra casi afectada o incluso es beneficiada. En escenarios con contaminación alta y crónica de metales, la comunidad residente (fracción de ADN) sufre cambios en su composición que pueden ser detectados a nivel de filo o clase. Sin embargo, en ecosistemas fluviales sometidos a niveles más bajos de contaminación de metales sólo la fracción de ARN se ve afectada selecionando los OTUs/ASVs más activos. El conocimiento de la composición de la comunidad bacteriana y por consiguiente la elección de algunos taxones como bioindicadores, ayuda a encontrar funciones potenciales de las bacterias que podrían ser importantes en las respuestas al estrés causado por metales This thesis has been funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the STREAMFISH Project (CGL2013-43822-R) and the STRESSFISH Project (CGL2016-80820-R). This research work was also funded by the program of grants for the improvement of the scientific productivity of the research groups of the University of Girona 2016-2018 (MPCUdG2016/120) with the Project: “Fluvial microbial microfilms under conditions of stress”. María Argudo Fernández was supported by FI-DGR pre-doctoral scholarship 2016 FI-B 00284 from the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) of Government of Catalonia
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- 2021
8. Diversidad alfa y beta de la comunidad de reptiles en el complejo cenagoso de Zapatosa, Colombia.
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Medina-Rangel, Guido Fabián
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WETLANDS , *GECKOS , *RIPARIAN forests , *ANOLES , *LEPTODEIRA , *LIZARDS - Abstract
Diversity is a property of community that can described, characterized, and understood according to the functioning of ecosystems. To study the richness and local abundance and species replacement between habitats around the Zapatosa's wetland complex (El Cesar Department), I carried out four field trips between November of 2006 and October of 2007. A total of 640 sampling hours/man analyzed five habitat types chasmophyte forest, dry forest, riparian forest, palm-grove and tree-lined savanna; with the exception of the palm-grove sampled at its 75%, the others were sampled up to their 80%. I found 847 reptiles that were distributed in 48 species. The group with the highest number of species was Colubridae with 14, followed by Gekkonidae with five. Five endemic species and eight with some conservation threat grade at a national level are reported. The riparian forest was the richest and most abundant habitat with 34 species and 196 individuals. For each habitat, Colubridae had the highest number of species, followed by the families Polychrotidae, Gekkonidae and Teiidae, in that order. The reptile species composition was not different between the tree-lined savanna and the chasmophyte forest, but differed among the tree-lined savanna and the riparian forest, palm-grove and dry forest habitats. The most important differences in the species composition among almost all the habitats were influenced by the species Anolis tropidogaster and Gonatodes albogularis, and the higher occurrence of Stenocercus erythrogaster in the chasmophyte forest. The species replacement had an average value of 50%; the biggest amounts of shared species were the lizards, while the snake Leptodeira septentrionalis was the only one present in all habitat types. The forest grows-among-rocks showed the biggest complementarity and number of unique species compared to the other habitats. The wetland complex provides two thirds of the reptile's species reported until now for the Caribbean region, and more than 80% of those reported for the El Cesar department. This wetland complex seems to behave as a center for low land species concentration as it hosts a high proportion of species from those places. Rev. Biol. Trop. 59 (2): 935-968. Epub 2011 June 01. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
9. Effects of establishment of grazing areas on diversity of amphibian communities in tropical evergreen forests and mountain cloud forests of the Sierra Madre Oriental
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Luis Manuel Badillo-Saldaña, Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista, and Larry David Wilson
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0106 biological sciences ,Amphibian ,Cloud forest ,Caudata ,Alpha and beta diversity ,Hidalgo ,biology ,Ecology ,México ,010607 zoology ,Humid subtropical climate ,Evergreen ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Evergreen forest ,Population decline ,Geography ,biology.animal ,embryonic structures ,Grazing ,Alpha diversity ,Anura ,Diversidad alfa y beta ,Mexico ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
The establishment of grazing areas in humid tropical environments is one of the causes of amphibian population decline. This work evaluates the consequences of the establishment of grazing areas on amphibian communities in an area of the Sierra Madre Oriental using analyses of alpha and beta diversity. Sampling was conducted at 28 locations, 7 in tropical evergreen forest (TEF), 7 in mountain cloud forest (MCF), 7 in tropical grazing areas (TGA), and 7 in cloud forest grazing areas (CFGA) using the method of direct sampling. Amphibian diversity is reduced when the grazing areas are established in tropical environments (TGA, 8 species; 7.1 effective species and TEF, 10 species; 7.7 effective species); in contrast, the CFGA has a greater diversity (11 species; 9.3 effective species) compared with MCF (8 species; 3.9 effective species). The most dissimilar composition was found between the 2 communities of undisturbed forests (MCF-TEF; Jaccard dissimilarity 0.78). Establishment of grazing areas in TEF strongly influences the reduction of amphibian populations when compared with MCF.
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- 2016
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10. Diversidad de mamíferos pequeños en dos sitios con diferente grado de alteración en la Sierra Sur, Oaxaca, México
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Carlos García-Estrada, Yadira Arlet Peña-Sánchez, and Helisama Colín-Martínez
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Richness ,Murciélagos ,Roedores ,Alpha and beta diversity ,Geography ,Riqueza ,Bats ,Marsupiales ,Marsupial ,Diversidad alfa y beta ,Rodents ,Humanities ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
ResumenOaxaca es el segundo estado con mayor diversidad de mamíferos; sin embargo, las actividades antropogénicas han provocado su reducción. Los trabajos mastozoológicos que evalúen el efecto de la alteración en la Sierra Sur del estado son nulos; por lo que el objetivo fue comparar la diversidad de mamíferos pequeños en 2 sitios con diferente grado de alteración causada por los asentamientos humanos, plantaciones de café y otros cultivos. El trabajo fue realizado mensualmente desde junio de 2009 hasta mayo de 2010. En cada sitio se seleccionó 1ha, donde se describió la vegetación y se registraron los mamíferos pequeños usando redes de niebla, trampas Sherman y observaciones visuales. En el sitio 1, con menor alteración, se capturaron 431 individuos de 21 especies; mientras que en el sitio 2, más alterado, se registraron 190 individuos de 16 especies. La diversidad de árboles y arbustos fue significativamente mayor en el sitio 1 y, aunque las diferencias en la diversidad alfa de mamíferos pequeños (marsupiales-roedores y murciélagos) no fueron significativas entre sitios, la abundancia se redujo para la mayoría de las especies.AbstractOaxaca ranks second in mammal diversity; however, human activities have led to its reduction. Mammalian studies conducted at the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca are scarce; therefore, the objective was to compare small mammal diversity in 2 sites with different degree of disturbance, caused by human settlements, coffee plantations and other crops. The study was conducted monthly from June 2009 to May 2010. At each site, 1hectare was selected, where vegetation and small mammals were recorded using mist nets, Sherman traps, and visual observations. At site 1, less-disturbed, 431 individuals belonging to 21 species were captured; meanwhile at site 2, more-disturbed, 190 individuals belonging to 16 species were recorded. Tree and shrub diversity was significantly greater in site 1. Even differences in alpha diversity for small mammals (marsupials-rodents and bats) were not significant between sites, abundance was reduced for the most species.
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- 2015
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11. COMPOSICIÓN, ESTRUCTURA Y DIVERSIDAD DE POBLACIONES DE NOTHOFAGUS GLAUCA UBICADAS EN LA ZONA MEDITERRANEA DE CHILE
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Muñoz, Fernando, Muñoz, Carolina, Uribe, Matilde, Martín, María Ángela, Molina, Juan Ramón, Herrera, Miguel Ángel, Álvarez, Juan Bautista, and Martín, Luís Miguel
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comunidades vegetales ,Nothofagus ,diversidad alfa y beta ,riqueza de especies ,species richness ,alpha and beta diversity ,plant communities - Abstract
Los bosques de Nothofagus glauca se encuentran ubicados en la zona mediterránea de Chile central. Su eliminación para habilitar suelo para uso agrícola, forestal y ganadero, más la utilización de su madera para leña y carbón, redujo drásticamente su superficie. Se estudiaron un total de cuatro bosques de N. glauca localizados dos en la Cordillera de la Costa y dos en la Cordillera de los Andes de Chile central. A través de inventario forestal: durante el verano de los años 2008 y 2009, se determinó la composición, la estructura y la diversidad de las comunidades habitadas por N. glauca, y se cosechó semillas escalando árboles seleccionados con el propósito de obtener información de la diversidad genética de la especie. Los resultados indicaron que existe gran diferencia entre los bosques de N. glauca ubicados en la costa y cordillera de los Andes. Los bosques costeros presentaron mayor riqueza dentro del rodal; dominancia y diversidad de especies entre rodales. En los bosques estudiados, N. glauca fue la especie principal en todos los estratos de copa (dominante, codominante y suprimido), con estructuras diamétricas principalmente del tipo "J invertida". La mejor semillación, en cantidad y calidad, ocurrió en los bosques costeros. The forests of Nothofagus glauca are located in the mediterranean zone of central Chile. Its elimination to enable soil for agricultural, forestry, more cattle use as well as the utilization of its wood for fuelwood and coal, reduced drastically its surface. Forests of N. glauca, that are located in the Coast and Andes chain mountain of the central zone of Chile, were studied. Across forest inventory, during summer of 2008 and 2009, it was recorded the composition, structure and diversity of the communities inhabited by N. glauca, some of which were selected to be climbed for seed collection to be used for genetic diversity studies. The results indicated a great difference between the forests of N. glauca located in Coast and the Andes. The forests of the Coast chain mountain, presented major species richness of each stand, dominance and diversity of species between communities. In all studied forests, N. glauca was the predominant species in all strata of crown (dominant, codominant, suppressed), with diameter class structures principally of the type "inverse J-shaped". The best seed production, in quantity and quality, was registered in Coast chain mountain forest.
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- 2013
12. Variaciones en la composición florística de tipos de bosque asociados con Pachira quinata (Jacq.) W.S. Alverson en el Bosque Universitario 'El Caimital', Barinas, Venezuela
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Moret, Ana Yajaira, Plonczak Ratschiller, Miguel Andrés, Jeréz R., Mauricio, Garay, Vicente, Valera, Lino, Ramírez, Nelson, Hernández, Dimas, and Mora, Argenis
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Saqui-saqui ,Ecological sustainability ,Alpha and beta diversity ,Medio Ambiente ,Revistas ,Geografía ,Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales ,Sostenibilidad ecológica ,Artículos [Revista Forestal Venezolana] ,Revista Forestal Venezolana ,Diversidad alfa y beta ,Forest type classification ,Clasificación de tipos de bosque - Abstract
La diversidad biológica es un tópico muy importante dentro de las discusiones de sustentabilidad, siendo actualmente uno de los principales retos para la gestión y conservación de los bosques. El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar si comunidades boscosas asociadas a la presencia de la especie arbórea Pachira quinata, diferenciadas por la posición geomorfológica, presentan diferencias en su composición florística, medida con índices cuantitativos de diversidad. Para ello, se establecieron seis parcelas de 1 ha, ubicadas según un diseño aleatorio con restricciones. En cada parcela, se midieron todos los individuos de especies arbóreas con dap = 10 cm y una submuestra para los individuos entre 2,5 y 10 cm. Se estimaron las diversidades alfa y beta, el Índice de Valor de Importancia (IVI) y se realizó un análisis de conglomerados para determinar si existían similitudes florísticas entre los tipos de bosque. Se encontró que al considerar los individuos con dap = 10 cm tanto el análisis de los Índices de Diversidad Beta (Jaccard y Sorensen), como el análisis de conglomerados permitieron identificar la existencia de dos grupos de acuerdo a su similitud florística. Un grupo estuvo conformado por los tipos de bosque ubicados en las posiciones geomorfológicas banco + subbanco y un segundo grupo ubicado en la posición de bajío, donde los suelos tienen limitaciones de drenaje que solo pueden ser toleradas por ciertas especies, por lo que su diversidad fue menor y su composición florística diferente de los otros tipos de bosque. The biological diversity is a very important topic within the discussions on sustainability, and today is one of the major challenges for the management and conservation of forests. The objective of this work was to determine whether the forest communities associated with the presence of the tree species Pachira quinata differentiated according to geomorphologic position show differences in their floristic composition when as measured by several quantitative diversity indexes. Six one ha plots (two for each forest type) selected according to a restricted random design were established. In each plot, all individuals of tree species with dbh = 10 cm were measured, and individuals with dbh between 2.5 and 10 cm were counted in a subsample. Several diversity indexes were used to estimate the alpha and beta diversities, as well as the Index of Importance Value (IVI). A cluster analysis was carried out to find out if there were floristic similitudes among the forest types. It was found that for individuals with dbh = 10 cm both, the Analysis of Diversity Indexes (Jaccard and Sorensen) and cluster analysis allowed for the identification of two groups according to their floristic similitude. One group included the forest types located in geomorphologic positions identified as “banco” and “subbanco”, the second group included the forest type located in “bajío” characterized by drainage limitations that can be tolerated only by some species; therefore, differing in floristic composition and having lower diversity than the other types of forest. 51-63 anayajaira.moret@gmail.com, aymoret@ula.ve plonczak@ula.ve jerez@ula.ve vgaray@ula.ve lvalera@ula.ve amora@ula.ve semestral
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- 2010
13. Structure and composition of the pine forest vegetation in Alturas de Pizarra in the Minas Agroforestal Enterprise, Cuba
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Germán López-Ibarra, Nora Madanes, Fernando Ramón Hernández Martínez, Judith Prieto-Méndez, Yatsunaris Alonso-Torrens, Héctor Barrero-Medel, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', Ecología Espacial y del Paisaje (EEP), and Zoología de Vertebrados
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Richness ,0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Alpha and beta diversity ,Riqueza ,Philosophy ,Forestry ,Ecología ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Stratum ,Pine ,03 medical and health sciences ,Estrato ,030104 developmental biology ,Pino ,Silvicultura ,Diversidad alfa y beta ,Silviculture ,Humanities - Abstract
Esta investigación fue realizada en pinares en Alturas de Pizarra de la Empresa Agroforestal Minas, con el objetivo de determinar la estructura y composición de estos pinares, para el manejo de los mismos. Se seleccionaron dos áreas; en cada área fueron establecidas 30 parcelas circulares de 15 metros de radio; se consideraron tres estratos en la vegetación para cuantificar las especies presentes y hacer los análisis correspondientes. Se calculó la diversidad alfa y beta, se evaluó la estructura horizontal mediante el índice de importancia ecológica y la distribución por clases diamétricas, se describió la estructura vertical a través de la riqueza de especies en cada estrato, así como su posición sociológica. En ambos pinares se identificaron en total 36 familias, 47 géneros y 61 especies de plantas, 42 especies en el área de Pinus caribaea y 36 especies en el área de Pinus tropicalis, observándose diferencias en cuanto a la composición de la vegetación acompañante en sus estratos. Las especies que mayor valor de importancia ecológica alcanzaron en las áreas estudiadas fueron Pinus caribaea con 205.96 y Pinus tropicalis con 175.59, siendo la abundancia y la frecuencia relativas los parámetros que más influyeron. Las parcelas, según la composición de especies, se agruparon en cuatro grupos diferenciándose por la altitud, altura de los árboles, el área basal y la abundancia de árboles muertos presentes en las mismas. Los resultados obtenidos en este estudio, al precisar en algunos de los parámetros de esta formación vegetal en Cuba, constituyen un referente el manejo de estos pinares. This study was conducted in Alturas de Pizarra in the Minas Agroforestry Enterprise, in Cuba, in order to determine its composition and structure of the pine forest vegetation for future management. Two areas were selected: one corresponding to Pinus caribaea and the other to Pinus tropicalis. In each area, 30 circular plots of 15 m radius were established. Three strata were considered in the vegetation in order to quantify the species present and conduct the corresponding analyses. Alpha and beta diversity values were determined, the horizontal structure was evaluated by calculating the index of ecological importance and distribution by diametric classes. The vertical structure was described through the richness of species in each stratum as well as its sociological position. The two pine forests contained 36 families, 47 genera and 61 species of plants, with 42 species in Pinus caribaea area and 36 in the Pinus tropicalis area. Differences were observed in the composition of the accompanying vegetation in their strata. Pinus caribaea attained an importance value of 205.96 and Pinus tropicalis attained 175.59, relative abundance and relative frequency were the parameters that most influenced the index of ecological importance. Plots, according to the composition of species, were divided into groups of four, differing in altitude, tree height, basal area and number of dead trees found in each. By specifying some of the parameters of this vegetation type in Cuba, the results obtained in this study constitute a reference for the management of these pine groves.
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