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<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>S2007-42982022000100086</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17129/botsci.2880</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Spontaneous vegetation succession and recovery of ecosystem structure and function in a 40-year abandoned stone quarry in a Mexican tropical dryland]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Sucesión espontánea de la vegetación y recuperación de la estructura y función del ecosistema en una cantera abandonada 40 años en una región árida tropical mexicana]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mendoza-García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marian]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Godínez-Alvarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Héctor]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala Unidad de Biología, Tecnología y Prototipos]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tlalnepantla Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>100</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>86</fpage>
<lpage>92</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-42982022000100086&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-42982022000100086&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-42982022000100086&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background:  The restoration of sites degraded by stone quarrying in drylands requires expensive interventions. However, these interventions cannot be used in tropical drylands because rural communities lack financial resources. Spontaneous vegetation succession may help restore degraded sites. However, spontaneous succession is evaluated by only comparing species composition between degraded and reference sites, without considering the structure and function of degraded sites.  Question:  Can spontaneous succession restore the structure and function of sites degraded by stone quarrying?  Study sites and dates:  San Rafael Coxcatlán, Puebla, 2013.  Methods:  We evaluated nine indicators of ecosystem structure and function in 4 degraded sites abandoned for 40 years and 1 reference site.  Results:  Spontaneous succession partially restored the structure and function of degraded sites. In all degraded sites, herb cover (20-49 %) and biocrust cover (21-51 %) were similar to those in reference site (19 %, 56 %). Three degraded sites also had canopy covers (57-76 %), shrub covers (51-52 %), and bare ground covers (2-3 %) similar to those in reference site (80 %, 42 %, 2 %). However, one degraded site displayed the opposite pattern (32 %, 8 %, 14 %). All degraded sites had lower tree cover (0-2 %), visual obstruction (6-25 %), and litter cover (3-30 %) than the reference site (21 %, 66 %, 77 %).  Conclusions:  Spontaneous succession helped restore the structure and function in some degraded sites.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Antecedentes:  La restauración de sitios degradados por canteras en regiones áridas requiere intervenciones costosas. Sin embargo, estas intervenciones no pueden usarse en regiones áridas tropicales porque los pobladores carecen de recursos económicos. La sucesión espontánea de la vegetación podría contribuir a restaurar sitios degradados. Sin embargo, la sucesión se evalúa comparando la composición específica entre sitios degradados y de referencia, sin considerar la estructura y función de los sitios degradados.  Pregunta:  ¿La sucesión espontánea puede restaurar la estructura y función de sitios degradados por canteras?  Sitio y años de estudio:  San Rafael Coxcatlán, Puebla, 2013.  Métodos:  Se evaluaron nueve indicadores de estructura y función de ecosistemas en 4 sitios degradados con 40 años de abandono y 1 de referencia.  Resultados:  La sucesión espontánea restauró parcialmente la estructura y función de los sitios degradados. En todos los sitios degradados, la cobertura de hierbas (20-49 %) y biocostras (21-51 %) fueron similares al sitio de referencia (19 %, 56 %). Tres sitios degradados también tuvieron coberturas de dosel (57-76 %), arbustos (51-52 %) y suelo desnudo (2-3 %) similares al sitio de referencia (80 %, 42 %, 2 %). Sin embargo, un sitio degradado tuvo un patrón contrario (32 %, 8 %, 14 %). Todos los sitios degradados tuvieron menor cobertura de árboles (0-2 %), hojarasca (3-30 %) y obstrucción visual 6-25 %) que el sitio de referencia (21 %, 77 %, 66 %).  Conclusiones:  La sucesión espontánea contribuyó a la restauración de la estructura y función de algunos sitios degradados.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ecological indicators]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ecosystem structure and function]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[gypsum quarry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[passive restoration]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[thorn-scrub forest]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cantera de yeso]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[matorral espinoso]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[restauración pasiva]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán]]></kwd>
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