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<journal-id>0187-5779</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Terra Latinoamericana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Terra Latinoam]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0187-5779</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de la Ciencia del Suelo A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0187-57792017000200123</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Cambios edáficos en islas de fertilidad y su importancia en el funcionamiento de un ecosistema del valle de Tehuacán Puebla, México]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Edaphic changes in fertility islands and their importance for performance of an ecosystem in the Tehuacan Valley, Puebla, Mexico]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muñoz Iniestra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniel Jesús]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chávez Mosqueda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mauricio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Godínez Álvarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Héctor Octavio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cuéllar Arellano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Norma Alejandra]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<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>35</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>123</fpage>
<lpage>133</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0187-57792017000200123&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0187-57792017000200123&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0187-57792017000200123&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En los ecosistemas áridos y semiáridos la vegetación natural usualmente se presenta en forma de agrupaciones denominadas islas de fertilidad (IF), separadas unas de otras por amplios espacios desprovistos de plantas. Se piensa que estas islas actúan como unidades funcionales básicas del ecosistema en su conjunto. Se ha observado que el suelo debajo de las islas de fertilidad muestra mejores condiciones de calidad y fertilidad en comparación con el suelo de afuera. El objetivo del trabajo fue evaluar la calidad del suelo dentro y fuera de las islas de fertilidad, así como contrastar propiedades físicas y químicas tanto del suelo interior como del exterior. Para esto se seleccionaron 25 islas de fertilidad de una terraza fluvial del valle de Zapotitlán, región semiárida de Tehuacán Puebla. En cada isla debajo del dosel del arbusto nodriza se tomaron tres muestras de suelo superficial, fuera de la isla alrededor se levantaron otras tres procediendo de la misma manera. Las muestras se analizaron en el laboratorio para evaluar nueve propiedades físicas y ocho químico-biológicas relacionadas con funciones ecológicas que el suelo realiza, estas propiedades se utilizaron para obtener un índice de calidad del suelo. Para el análisis de los datos se aplicó la prueba de t-test Student para muestras independientes. No hubo diferencias significativas en el índice de calidad entre los suelos fuera y dentro de las islas de fertilidad, sin embargo a nivel de propiedades individuales como: arena, densidad aparente, materia orgánica, pH, magnesio, nitrógeno total y retención de humedad sí se presentaron diferencias significativas. Se concluye que la vegetación de la isla de fertilidad modifica algunas propiedades y funciones del suelo para crear un microambiente más favorable, logrando que en su interior se reduzca el estrés hídrico y se propicie una realimentación constante de nutrientes, gracias a los mecanismos de captura y aporte de materia orgánica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: In arid and semiarid ecosystems, natural vegetation commonly forms fertility islands (FI), which are separated by wide areas lacking vegetation. It has been suggested that fertility islands are basic functional units in these ecosystems. Soil beneath fertility islands has higher quality and fertility than soil in areas lacking vegetation. The goals of this study were to evaluate soil quality and to compare soil physical and chemical properties inside and outside of fertility islands. We selected 25 fertility islands in an alluvial terrace in the Zapotitlan Valley, Tehuacan, Puebla. Three soil samples were collected beneath the nurse shrub of each island and in the areas lacking vegetation. Soil samples were analyzed in the laboratory to evaluate eight physical and nine chemical-biological properties related to the ecological functions of soil. These properties were used to obtain a soil quality index. Data were analyzed with Student t-test for independent samples. Results showed that there were no significant differences in the soil quality index. However, some soil properties such as sand, apparent density, organic matter, pH, magnesium, total nitrogen, and humidity differed between soils inside and outside fertility islands. We concluded that fertility islands modify some soil properties and functions creating more favorable microhabitats; they reduce water stress and provide nutrients as a result of the mechanisms for capturing and providing organic matter.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Prosopis laevigata]]></kwd>
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