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<journal-id>1870-7459</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Huitzil]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Huitzil]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-7459</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad para el Estudio y Conservación de las Aves en México, A.C. (CIPAMEX)]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-74592017000100112</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Variables del microhábitat que influyen en la grulla cubana (Grus canadensis nesiotes) para seleccionar el sitio de anidación en un humedal de Cuba]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Microhabitat variables influencing nest-site selection by Cuban sandhill crane (Grus canadensis nesiotes) in a wetland of Cuba]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ferrer-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yarelys]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Plasencia Vázquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alexis Herminio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Abasolo-Pacheco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiz Companioni]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Idael]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Empresa Nacional para la Protección de la Flora y la Fauna  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quevedo Los Ríos]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Campeche Centro de Investigaciones Históricas y Sociales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Campeche]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>18</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>112</fpage>
<lpage>117</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-74592017000100112&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-74592017000100112&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-74592017000100112&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La grulla cubana (Grus canadensis nesiotes), subespecie endémica de Cuba, está amenazada; se estiman tan sólo 550 individuos. La facilitación de zonas de nidificación quizá incrementaría el éxito reproductivo de la subespecie. Sin embargo, el poco conocimiento sobre los factores determinantes de la selección del área de nidificación limita cualquier intento de manejo. Aquí, caracterizamos la estructura de la vegetación alrededor de cuatro nidos y en puntos dentro del Gran Humedal del Norte de Ciego de Ávila, región central de Cuba. Medimos las variables estructurales de la vegetación que pudieran determinar la selección del microhábitat de nidificación. Hicimos 20 parcelas alrededor de los nidos y en cuatro puntos a 100 m de cada nido, en las que se midieron: altura, cobertura a 30 y a 100 cm del suelo y distancia entre hierbas (método vecino más cercano). Comparamos los datos entre nidos y puntos y calculamos un índice de selección. Las áreas alrededor de los nidos mostraron diferencias para la altura, cobertura y distancia entre hierbas. Solamente la cobertura 30 cm fue homogénea. Las distancias entre hierbas con mayor frecuencia estuvieron entre 5 y 10 cm. La altura, cobertura a 100 cm y la distancia entre hierbas forman parte del patrón de selección del sitio de nidificación de la grulla cubana en este humedal.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The Cuban Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis nesiotes), endemic subspecies of Cuba, is threatened and has an estimation of 550 individuals only. Facilitating nesting areas could increase the reproductive success of the subspecies. However, little is known about the determinants of the nesting area selection. This limits any attempt of management. Here, we characterize the structure of the vegetation around four nests and points within the Gran Humedal del Norte de Ciego de Ávila wetland, central region of Cuba. We measured the structural variables of vegetation that could determine the nesting microhabitat selection. We defined 20 plots around nests and selected four points to 100 m of each nest in the cardinal directions, in which we measured: height, coverage at 30 and 100 cm and distance between herbs (nearest neighbor method) in the herbaceous stratus. We compared the data between nests and points and calculated a selection index. The areas around nests showed differences for height, coverage and distance between herbs. Only coverage at 30 cm was homogeneous. The distances between herbs were more frequently between 5 and 10 cm. The height, coverage at 100 cm and distance between herbs are part of a nesting site-selection pattern of the Cuban sandhill crane in this wetland.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Subespecie amenazada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Gran Humedal del Norte de Ciego de Ávila]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[variables estructurales de la vegetación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[subespecie endémica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[herbazal de ciénaga]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Threatened subspecies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Gran Humedal del Norte de Ciego de Ávila]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vegetation structural variables]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[endemic subspecies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[swamp marsh grassland]]></kwd>
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