Management of secondary vegetation for artificial creation of useful rain forest in Uxpanapa, Veracruz, Mexico; an intermediate alternative between transformation and modification
Since 1981, studies have been carried out in Veracruz, Mexico, on the management of secondary vegetation of corn fields, 2-year-old orchards and 9-and 11-year-old secondary forest. Elucidation of recovery processes has aimed at identifying ways and mean of managing and accelerating the succession towards more useful and productive stages. Clearance of some plants and enrichment with others are among the experimental treatments which have sought to take advantage of knowledge about traditional systems of horticulture (Mayas), multiple use of land (Lacandones), and use of different ecological habitats (Chontales, Nahuas). Data include rates of biomass accumulation during the fallow, and chemical interactions between and among the naturally occurring and introduced plant species. Management insights generated by the study include the use of the acahual as a substrate for introducing valued species with different ecological strategies into the successional sequence, and the imitation of the "natural" structure of the various successional stages
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París (Francia) Parthenon
1991
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| Subjects: | MANEJO FORESTAL, SUCESION ECOLOGICA, DINAMICA DE LA POBLACION, BOSQUE SECUNDARIO, MEXICO, |
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