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Revista Chapingo serie ciencias forestales y del ambiente
versión On-line ISSN 2007-4018versión impresa ISSN 2007-3828
Resumen
SILVA-GONZALEZ, Edgar et al. Changes in tree diversity and structure of a temperate forest under two silvicultural treatments in Durango, Mexico. Rev. Chapingo ser. cienc. for. ambient [online]. 2024, vol.30, n.1, rrchscfa202212093. Epub 03-Dic-2024. ISSN 2007-4018. https://doi.org/10.5154/r.rchscfa.2022.12.093.
Introduction:
Forest diversity and structure are important attributes that can be modified by silvicultural treatments.
Objective:
We compared tree diversity and structure of a temperate forest under the silvicultural treatments of selection and thinning in El Salto, Pueblo Nuevo, Durango.
Materials and methods:
The Shannon diversity index of six sites treated with the selection method and six with thinning was determined in three inventories over a period of 10 years. The diversity among treatments was compared for each inventory using Hutcheson's t-test for similarity or difference in diversity-abundance. For each treatment and for the 12 sites, the ecological parameters (abundance, dominance and frequency), importance value index (IVI) and forest volume were analyzed with Kruskal-Wallis tests to determine differences between inventories.
Results and discussion:
A total of 18 species were recorded in the three inventories; Pinus cooperi, P. durangensis and Quercus sideroxyla had the highest IVI. In each inventory, Hutcheson's t-test indicated that diversity was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in the selection treatments. On the other hand, in each treatment, the Kruskal-Wallis test showed no significant differences (P > 0.05) in the ecological parameters between inventories; furthermore, tree density, basal area and forest volume of each site showed no significant differences between inventories.
Conclusion:
Diversity was higher for the selection treatment. The ecological parameters were not different between inventories, so the forest structure was not affected at the time of intervention.
Palabras llave : Thinning; selection cutting; Shannon diversity index; importance value index; ecological parameters.