Microclimate and sapling survival under organic and polyethylene mulch in a tropical dry deciduous forest
Mulches effect on net radiation (RN), air (Ta) and soil (TS) temperature, vapour pressure deficit (VPD), soil water content (SW), stomatal conductance (gS) and survival of three native species in a degraded tropical deciduous forest area was examined. The study year was dry, with half of the averag...
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| author | María Guadalupe Barajas-Guzmán Víctor L. Barradas |
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Mulches effect on net radiation (RN), air (Ta) and soil (TS) temperature, vapour pressure deficit (VPD), soil water content (SW), stomatal conductance (gS) and survival of three native species in a degraded tropical deciduous forest area was examined. The study year was dry, with half of the average annual rainfall. Three blocks were chosen, each block contained sixteen plots. Mulches with alfalfa straw, forest litter, white polyethylene and bare soil, were used. Twenty plants of each species one year-old were transplanted in each of 16 plots (5 × 6 m). The experiment was conducted during one year. RN was higher in plots with forest litter than in other treatments; Ta, TS and VPD were higher in bare soil plots than in mulched plots, and SW was higher in mulched plots than in bare soil plots. Ipomoea wolcottiana and Caesalpinia eriostachys registered the highest values of gS and survival, whilst Lonchocarpus eriocarinalis registered the lowest. In polyethylene mulch the three species showed the greatest survival. Mulches mitigate extreme microclimates and increase plant survival during the restoration of dry tropical areas.
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| spelling | doaj.art-abc04c3e68614bcf9cf5fdf6c572f59d2022-12-22T03:41:50ZengSociedad Botánica de México, A. C.Botanical Sciences2007-42982007-44762011-06-018810.17129/botsci.303Microclimate and sapling survival under organic and polyethylene mulch in a tropical dry deciduous forestMaría Guadalupe Barajas-Guzmán0Víctor L. Barradas1Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoInstituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Atuónoma de México Mulches effect on net radiation (RN), air (Ta) and soil (TS) temperature, vapour pressure deficit (VPD), soil water content (SW), stomatal conductance (gS) and survival of three native species in a degraded tropical deciduous forest area was examined. The study year was dry, with half of the average annual rainfall. Three blocks were chosen, each block contained sixteen plots. Mulches with alfalfa straw, forest litter, white polyethylene and bare soil, were used. Twenty plants of each species one year-old were transplanted in each of 16 plots (5 × 6 m). The experiment was conducted during one year. RN was higher in plots with forest litter than in other treatments; Ta, TS and VPD were higher in bare soil plots than in mulched plots, and SW was higher in mulched plots than in bare soil plots. Ipomoea wolcottiana and Caesalpinia eriostachys registered the highest values of gS and survival, whilst Lonchocarpus eriocarinalis registered the lowest. In polyethylene mulch the three species showed the greatest survival. Mulches mitigate extreme microclimates and increase plant survival during the restoration of dry tropical areas. https://www.botanicalsciences.com.mx/index.php/botanicalSciences/article/view/303low precipitationmicroclimate mitigationnative plantsreforestationstomatal conductance |
| spellingShingle | María Guadalupe Barajas-Guzmán Víctor L. Barradas Microclimate and sapling survival under organic and polyethylene mulch in a tropical dry deciduous forest Botanical Sciences low precipitation microclimate mitigation native plants reforestation stomatal conductance |
| title | Microclimate and sapling survival under organic and polyethylene mulch in a tropical dry deciduous forest |
| title_full | Microclimate and sapling survival under organic and polyethylene mulch in a tropical dry deciduous forest |
| title_fullStr | Microclimate and sapling survival under organic and polyethylene mulch in a tropical dry deciduous forest |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microclimate and sapling survival under organic and polyethylene mulch in a tropical dry deciduous forest |
| title_short | Microclimate and sapling survival under organic and polyethylene mulch in a tropical dry deciduous forest |
| title_sort | microclimate and sapling survival under organic and polyethylene mulch in a tropical dry deciduous forest |
| topic | low precipitation microclimate mitigation native plants reforestation stomatal conductance |
| url | https://www.botanicalsciences.com.mx/index.php/botanicalSciences/article/view/303 |
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