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<journal-meta>
<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>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2007-40182020000300409</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5154/r.rchscfa.2019.12.092</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Litterfall from tropical dry forest trees scattered in pastures]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Hojarasca de árboles de bosque tropical seco dispersos en pastizales]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Avendaño-Yáñez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ma. de la Luz]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quiroz-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Salome]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez-Elizalde]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López-Ortiz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Silvia]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Veracruz ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Manlio Fabio Altamirano Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Conselva, Costas y Comunidades A. C  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mazatlán Sinaloa]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Montecillo ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Texcoco Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>26</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>409</fpage>
<lpage>418</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-40182020000300409&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-40182020000300409&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-40182020000300409&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction:  Scattered trees from tropical dry forests (TDF) deposit significant amounts of leaf litter into pasture soils.  Objective:  To estimate the litterfall production during the dry season by scattered Lysiloma acapulcense (Kunth) Benth. and Vachellia pennatula (Schltdl. &amp; Cham.) Seigler &amp; Ebinger trees in pastures.  Materials and methods:  Ten scattered trees of each species were selected from a 10-ha pasture, and litter was collected during the dry season (November to May) and sorted into fractions. Leaf litter biomass, nitrogen (N) and lignin (L) content, and the lignin-nitrogen (L/N) ratio were assessed. Leaf litterfall was modelled over an annual cycle using a double logistic model. Means from all variables were compared between species using a t-test.  Results and discussion:  Litter, nitrogen and lignin content were similar between species. However, the L/N ratio was significantly higher (P &lt; 0.0001) in L. acapulcense (32.1) than in V. pennatula (21.3). The leaf litter model showed that the defoliation phase of L. acapulcense lasted 30 days longer than that of V. pennatula.  Conclusion:  The quantity and quality of leaf litter that scattered trees deposit in a pasture encourages the adoption of agroforestry systems, including tree species native to TDF.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción:  Los árboles dispersos del bosque tropical seco (BTS) depositan una cantidad significativa de hojarasca en suelos de los pastizales.  Objetivo:  Estimar la producción de hojarasca de árboles dispersos de Lysiloma acapulcense (Kunth) Benth. y Vachellia pennatula (Schltdl. &amp; Cham.) Seigler &amp; Ebinger en pastizales, durante la estación seca.  Materiales y métodos:  Se recolectó la hojarasca de 10 árboles dispersos de cada especie en un pastizal de 10 ha, durante el periodo de senescencia de las hojas (noviembre a mayo). La cantidad de hojarasca se evaluó y se separó en componentes para determinar el contenido de nitrógeno (N) y lignina (L), y la proporción L/N. La caída de hojas se analizó con un modelo logístico doble. Las medias de las variables se compararon entre especies mediante una prueba t de Student.  Resultados y discusión:  La cantidad de hojarasca y los contenidos de N y L no difirieron entre especies (P &gt; 0.05), mientras que la proporción L/N fue mayor en L. acapulcense (32.1) que en V. pennatula (21.3). La fase de defoliación de L. acapulcense es más larga que la de V. pennatula.  Conclusión:  Es importante conocer la cantidad y la calidad de la hojarasca que los árboles dispersos aportan en los pastizales para ayudar a la adopción de sistemas agroforestales, que incluyan especies nativas del BTS.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vachellia pennatula]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lysiloma acapulcense]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[lignin]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nitrogen]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[legume species]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Vachellia pennatula, Lysiloma acapulcense, lignina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[nitrógeno, leguminosas]]></kwd>
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