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<journal-id>2007-4018</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Chapingo serie ciencias forestales y del ambiente]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Chapingo ser. cienc. for. ambient]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-4018</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Coordinación de Revistas Institucionales]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-40182016000300285</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5154/r.rchscfa.2015.04.016</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Range site and condition effects on &#8220;escamoles&#8221; ant (Liometopum apiculatum Mayr) nest density]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Efectos del sitio y la condición de agostadero en la densidad de hormigueros de escamoles (Liometopum apiculatum Mayr)]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lara-Juárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Prisilla]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castillo-Lara]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tristán-Patiño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Flor de M]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rendón-Huerta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan A.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aguirre-Rivera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan R.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí Programa Multidisciplinario de Posgrado en Ciencias Ambientales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ San Luis Potosí]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí Instituto de Investigación de Zonas Desérticas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ San Luis Potosí]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí Coordinación Académica Región Altiplano Oeste ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Salinas de Hidalgo San Luis Potosí]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>22</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>285</fpage>
<lpage>302</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-40182016000300285&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-40182016000300285&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-40182016000300285&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of rangeland condition on the nest density of escamoles ant (Liometopum apiculatum) in three different range sites, all Twithin a single (escamoles) collecting area divided into two contrasting use and property regimes, communal and private, in the Municipality of Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. In order to measure the vegetation, a point-centered quarter method along transects was used; in every quadrant the distance from the point to the closest plant was measured for each vegetation stratum, while the distance to the closest nest (if existing) was also recorded. The species recorded were grouped according to their forage value as desirable, less desirable and undesirable, and using their density and volumetric biomass estimations, these groups were compared through a tabular and descriptive statistical analysis. The soil surface state was evaluated with the line intercept method, in its proportion of live and dead (mulch) basal cover, bare soil, stones, ant trails and feces. The highest density of ant nests (14&#8226;ha-1) was recorded in the favorable site of the ranch (best rangeland condition). Marked differences were found in nest density between adjacent rangeland sites, which in turn were severely altered by the condition of these rangelands.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El efecto de la condición de agostadero en la densidad de hormigueros de la hormiga de escamoles (Liometopum apiculatum Mayr) se evaluó en tres sitios diferentes (favorable, regular y desfavorable), en un espacio dividido en dos patrones contrastantes de aprovechamiento y régimen de tenencia comunal (ejido) y privada (rancho) en Charcas, San Luis Potosí, México. La vegetación se midió utilizando el método de cuadrantes centrados en un punto, espaciados sobre transectos; en cada cuadrante se midió el individuo más próximo al punto correspondiente a cada estrato de la vegetación y se registró la distancia al hormiguero más cercano (si existía). Las especies se agruparon de acuerdo con su valor forrajero (deseables, menos deseables e indeseables) y, mediante estimaciones de densidad y biomasa volumétrica, los grupos se contrastaron con un análisis tabular y estadístico descriptivo. La superficie del suelo se evaluó con el método de líneas de intercepción en la proporción de cobertura basal viva y muerta (mantillo), suelo desnudo, rocas, caminos de hormigas y heces. La densidad más alta de los hormigueros (14&#8226;ha-1) se registró en el sitio favorable del rancho (mejor condición de agostadero). Con base en la información registrada se encontraron diferencias en la densidad de hormigueros entre sitios de agostaderos contiguos, lo cual a su vez es alterado severamente por la condición de los mismos.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ant nest density]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[land tenure]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vegetation and soil state]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[San Luis Potosí highland.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Densidad de hormigueros]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tenencia de la tierra]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estado de la vegetación y del suelo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[altiplanicie de San Luis Potosí.]]></kwd>
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