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<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>S1870-34532019000100633</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/ib.20078706e.2019.90.3059</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Patterns of vegetation along contrasting elevation gradients in Oaxaca and Veracruz, Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Patrones de vegetación en gradientes altitudinales contrastantes en Oaxaca y Veracruz, México]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Salas-Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Silvia H.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Williams-Linera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guadalupe]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A.C  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Sebastián Tutla Oaxaca]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Ecología, A.C.  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Xalapa Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>90</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532019000100633&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532019000100633&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532019000100633&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Elevation gradients have been widely documented, but few studies have compared patterns of variation between contrasting transects. Our objective was to compare vegetation structure and tree species composition of forest communities on 2 extended gradients located along the Pacific coast (Oaxaca, 0-3,600 m), and the Gulf of Mexico coast (Veracruz, 70-4,000 m), Mexico. We established 21 one-ha plots on each gradient. A total of 4,229 trees were measured and identified. Results showed that with increased elevation, basal area decreased unimodally in Oaxaca, and increased monotonically in Veracruz, whereas taxa richness decreased non-linearly in both gradients. Oaxaca was warmer and drier than Veracruz, however, richness was higher in Oaxaca (260 species) than in Veracruz (210 species). A multinomial classification model identified 58 species as Oaxaca specialist and 41 as Veracruz specialists, but only 12 species were generalist in both gradients. Canonical correspondence analyses for species, genus, and family consistently separated dry forests related to temperature and potential evapotranspiration from high elevation conifer forests. Mid-elevation montane forest differed between gradients. We conclude that climate is differentially important in vegetation structure and taxa distribution, but geographical location and disturbance history should be discussed for each gradient.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Los gradientes altitudinales han sido ampliamente documentados, pero pocos estudios han comparado patrones de variación entre transectos contrastantes. El objetivo fue comparar la estructura de la vegetación y diversidad de especies de árboles en 2 gradientes extensos ubicados en las costas del Pacífico (Oaxaca, 0-3,600 m) y golfo de México (Veracruz, 70-4,000 m). Se establecieron 21 parcelas de 1 ha en cada gradiente y se midieron e identificaron un total de 4,229 árboles. Al aumentar la elevación, el área basal disminuyó unimodalmente en Oaxaca y aumentó monotónicamente en Veracruz, mientras que la riqueza disminuyó en ambos gradientes. Oaxaca es más cálido y seco que Veracruz, sin embargo, la riqueza es mayor en Oaxaca (260 especies) que en Veracruz (210 especies). El modelo de clasificación multinomial reveló 58 especies como especialistas de Oaxaca y 41 como especialistas de Veracruz, pero solo 12 generalistas para ambos gradientes. Los análisis de correspondencia canónica separaron consistentemente selvas secas relacionadas con temperatura y evapotranspiración potencial de bosques de coníferas, pero los bosques mesófilos difieren entre gradientes. En conclusión, el clima es diferencialmente importante en la estructura vegetal y distribución de taxones, pero debe discutirse la ubicación geográfica y la historia de perturbación de los gradientes.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Disturbance history]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Multinomial classification model]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Oaxaca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Precipitation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Species richness]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Temperature]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vegetation structure]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Veracruz]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Historia de perturbación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Modelo de clasificación multinomial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Oaxaca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Precipitación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Riqueza de especies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Temperatura]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Estructura de la vegetación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Veracruz]]></kwd>
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