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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2007-9028</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ecosistemas y recursos agropecuarios]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ecosistemas y recur. agropecuarios]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-9028</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Dirección de Investigación y Posgrado]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2007-90282017000300499</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.19136/era.a4n12.1085</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La fruticultura subtropical en los ecosistemas de ladera de clima mediterráneo: cambios en la vegetación]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Subtropical fruit farming in Mediterranean weather hillside ecosystem: changes in vegetation]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Pleguezuelo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carmen Rocío]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Francia-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Ramón]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Franco-Tarifa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dionisio]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Durán-Zuazo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Víctor Hugo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,UniversitéCatholique de Louvain Earth and Life Institute ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Louvain-la-Neuve]]></addr-line>
<country>Belgium</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,IFAPA Centro "Camino de Purchil"  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Granada]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ayuntamiento de Almuñécar Finca Experimental "El Zahori" ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Almuñécar Granada]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,IFAPA Centro Las Torres-Tomejil  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Alcalá del Rio Sevilla]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>4</volume>
<numero>12</numero>
<fpage>499</fpage>
<lpage>509</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-90282017000300499&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-90282017000300499&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-90282017000300499&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En la costa de Granada, sureste de España, se encuentra una zona de frutales subtropicales en laderas, distribuidos en terrazas. Se evaluaron tasas de descomposición y liberación de nitrógeno (N) de hojarasca, en dos ecosistemas: (1) ecosistema de ladera inalterado (ELI) sin cultivo agrícola, con cubierta de vegetación autóctona, y (2) ecosistema de ladera alterado (ELA) con frutales de mango (Mangifera indica L.), aguacate (Persea americana Mill.), chirimoyo (Annona cherimolia Mill.), níspero (Eriobotrya japónica (Thunb.) Lindl.), y cubiertas de plantas aromáticas y medicinales (PAM) en los taludes de las terrazas. En ELA la tasa de descomposición de hojarasca de chirimoyo fue la más alta, y entre las PAM la alhucema rizada (Lavandula dentata L.), así como la mejorana (Thymus mastichina L.), alhucema rizada (Lavandula dentata L.) y ajedrea (Satureja obovata Lag.) registraron altas tasas de liberación de N. En ELI acebuche (Olea europea L.) y bolina (Genista umbellata (L&#8217;Hér.) Dum., tuvieron bajas tasas de descomposición. Las PAM en ELA pueden contribuir a restablecer los ciclos naturales de reciclado de nutrientes, minimizando los efectos del cambio de uso del suelo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The coast of Granada, in southeast Spain, has a zone of subtropical fruits in hillsides, distributed in terraces. Nitrogen (N) breakdown and release rates for litter were assessed in two ecosystems: (1) unaltered hillside ecosystem (ELI) without agricultural crops, with indigenous vegetation cover and (2) altered hillside ecosystem (ELA) with mango (Mangifera indica L.), avocado (Persea americana Mill.), cherimoya (Annona cherimolia Mill.), loquat (Eriobotrya japónica (Thunb.) Lindl.) and covered with aromatic and medicinal plants (PAM) in terrace slopes. In the ELA, the cherimoya litter breakdown rate was higher; among the PAM, fringed lavender (Lavandula dentata L.), mástic thyme (Thymus mastichina L.) and savory (Satureja obovata Lag.) recorded high Nitrogen release rates. In ELI, olive (Olea europea L.) and bolina (Genista umbellata (L&#8217;Hér.) Dum., had low breakdown rates. The PAM and ELA may contribute to resetting natural nutrient recycling cycles, minimizing the effects of change in land use.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ciclo del nitrógeno]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cultivos subtropicales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[descomposición de hojarasca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[terrazas de cultivo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Nitrogen cycle]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[subtropical crops]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[litter breakdown]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cropping terraces]]></kwd>
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