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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2007-4298</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Botanical Sciences]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Bot. sci]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-4298</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Botánica de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-42982020000200264</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17129/botsci.2437</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Despite dramatic local changes, the metacommunity structure of a semiarid scrub remains unaffected after 23 years]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Dramáticos cambios en comunidades vegetales locales no afectaron a la estructura de una metacomunidad semiárida después de 23 años]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Monserrat]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zavala-Hurtado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martorell]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vega]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ernesto]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sandoval-Palacios]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Esther]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Cárdenas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gilberto]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rendón-Aguilar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Beatriz]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Departamento de Biología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Iztapalapa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Iztapalapa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Ciencias Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Secretaría del Medioambiente Comisión de Recursos Naturales y Desarrollo Rural ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>98</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>264</fpage>
<lpage>277</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-42982020000200264&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-42982020000200264&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-42982020000200264&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background:  Understanding changes in local community composition along environmental gradients is essential for studying the long-term metacommunity dynamics. The metacommunity structure depends on the distribution of species along environmental gradients in terms of their coherence (continuity in their distribution range), species turnover and grouping of their range limits. A Clementsian structure would be defined by coherent ranges, significant turnover and sharp limits between local communities. All other things equal, a Gleasonian structure is distinguished by the absence of clear boundaries between local communities.  Questions:  The structure of a scrubland/semiarid/xeric metacommunity changes 23 years after its first characterization? Do environment and spatial variables determine the metacommunity structure?  Species studied:  104 perennial-plant species.  Study site and dates:  Zapotitlán semi-arid valley, Puebla, in 1980 and 2003.  Methods:  Metacommunity structure and its relationship to environmental (edaphic) and spatial (altitude, slope and geographical location) variables were analyzed using data from the two historic surveys.  Results:  In 1980 a Clementsian structure was determined, which remained unchanged after 23 years. The importance of environmental filters decreased from 1980 to 2003.  Conclusions:  The prediction that, due to stochastic dispersion of propagules, the metacommunity would tend toward a Gleasonian structure was not fulfilled. There was no evidence for homogenization, although local tetechera communities (with dominance of the giant columnar cactus Cephalocereus tetetzo) had been invaded and transformed into shrubland communities. Local communities and the metacommunity should be monitored continuously to understand of the long-term structuration of these systems.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Antecedentes:  Comprender los cambios en la composición de comunidades locales a lo largo de gradientes ambientales es esencial para estudiar la dinámica metacomunitaria a largo plazo. La estructura metacomunitaria depende de la distribución de especies en gradientes ambientales por su coherencia (continuidad del rango de distribución), recambio de especies y agrupación de límites de distribución. Una estructura Clementsiana presenta rangos coherentes, recambio significativo y límites claros entre comunidades locales. Una estructura Gleasoniana se distingue por la ausencia de límites claros entre comunidades locales.  Preguntas:  ¿La estructura de una metacomunidad de matorral xerófilo cambió 23 años después de su primera caracterización?; ¿Las variables ambientales y espaciales determinan la estructura de la metacomunidad?  Especies de estudio:  104 especies de plantas perennes.  Sitio y años de estudio:  Valle semiárido de Zapotitlán, Puebla, en 1980 y 2003.  Métodos:  La estructura de la metacomunidad y su relación con variables ambientales (edáficas) y espaciales (altitud, pendiente y ubicación geográfica) se analizaron utilizando datos de los dos estudios históricos.  Resultados:  En 1980 se reconoció una estructura Clementsiana, que no cambió después de 23 años. La importancia de filtros ambientales disminuyó en ese período.  Conclusiones:  No se cumplió la predicción de que la dispersión estocástica de propágulos conduciría hacía una estructura Gleasoniana. No hubo evidencia de homogeneización de la vegetación, aunque las comunidades de tetechera (domina el cactus columnar gigante Cephalocereus tetetzo) habían sido invadidas y transformadas en matorral. La dinámica de la metacomunidad debe ser monitoreada continuamente para comprender la estructuración a largo plazo de estos sistemas.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Clementsian structure]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[environmental gradient]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[metacommunity structure]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[shrubland encroachment]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[variance partition]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estructura Clementsiana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estructura de la metacomunidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[gradiente medioambiental]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[invasión de matorral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[partición de varianza]]></kwd>
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