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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-34532017000100241</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.rmb.2017.01.006</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Tipos funcionales de plantas como estimadores de carbono en bosque seco del Caribe colombiano]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Plant functional types as estimator of carbon in dry forest of the Colombian Caribbean]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Montes-Pulido]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carmen Rosa]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Parrado-Rosselli]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ángela]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez-Dávila]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Esteban]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá, D.C. ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Jardín Botánico de Medellín Joaquín Antonio Uribe  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín Antioquia]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación Convida  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín Antioquia]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>88</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>241</fpage>
<lpage>249</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532017000100241&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532017000100241&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532017000100241&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La variación de rasgos foliares integrantes de un tipo funcional de plantas (TFP) para conocer el desempeño de la planta en términos de carbono ha sido muy poco estudiado. El estudio determinó el TFP que mejor predice el carbono almacenado en la biomasa aérea del bosque seco del Caribe colombiano, a través de: a) evaluar 4 rasgos funcionales asociados a carbono, b) caracterizar y comparar los TFP de acuerdo con los rasgos y c) determinar el TFP que mejor predice carbono. En 5 parcelas permanentes de 1 ha y árboles &#8805; 10 cm de diámetro se midieron área foliar específica, contenido foliar de materia seca, concentración foliar de nitrógeno y concentración foliar de carbono. Con análisis de conglomerados jerárquico se obtuvieron 2 TFP. Los valores de carbono obtenidos en cada TFP y estimado por ecuación alométrica se compararon con el estimado para la comunidad arbórea de la parcela. El TFP1 fue el que mejor predijo el carbono para las 5 parcelas, con una tendencia de uso conservativo de recursos. El estudio contribuye a soportar medidas que incentiven la vinculación del bosque seco a mercados de carbono.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Functional traits variation, as part of a plant functional types (PFT) for knowing carbon plant performance, has been poorly studied. The objective of this research was to establish the best PFT for carbon store prediction, in aboveground biomass in Colombian Caribbean dry forest, through a) evaluation of 4 functional traits associated with the stored carbon, b) characterizing and comparing PFT according with the variation of functional traits, and c) to determine PFT that better predicts carbon. In 5 permanent parcels of 1 ha, and trees with a diameter &#8805; 10 cm, measurements of specific leaf area; leaf dry matter, leaf nitrogen concentration and leaf carbon concentration were taken. Two PFT were generated with analysis of hierarchical conglomerates. The obtained values of carbon in every single PFT, and estimated by the allometric equation are compared with the estimated for the arboreal community of the parcel. The PFT 1 was the best carbon predictor in the 5 parcels with conservative use of resources. This study contributes to support actions over the entailment of dry forest in carbon markets.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Área foliar específica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Biomasa aérea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Concentración foliar de nitrógeno]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Contenido foliar de materia seca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Rasgos funcionales de plantas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Specific leaf area]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Aboveground biomass]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Leaf nitrogen concentration]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Leaf dry matter]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Functional plant traits]]></kwd>
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