Changes in plant community composition after restoration of a wetland forest in Veracruz, Mexico

Wetlands are ecosystems of great importance to man for the environmental goods and services they provide. One cause of degradation of freshwater wetlands, locally called Popal is its use for cattle grazing and the introduction of forage species, especially exotic. This work was aimed at eradicating...

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Main Authors:	Moreno-Casasola, Patricia, Sánchez-Higueredo, Lorena, Vázquez, Judith, López-Rosas, Hugo
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Published:	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2011
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spelling	oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-682017-11-23T16:20:06Z Changes in plant community composition after restoration of a wetland forest in Veracruz, Mexico Cambios en la composición de la comunidad vegetal después de la restauración de un humedal tropical en Veracruz, México Moreno-Casasola, Patricia Sánchez-Higueredo, Lorena Vázquez, Judith López-Rosas, Hugo Echinochloa pyramidalis Sagittaria lancifolia hydroperiod biological invasion Popal herbaceous freshwater wetlands. Echinochloa pyramidalis Sagittaria lancifolia hidroperiodo invasión biológica popal. Wetlands are ecosystems of great importance to man for the environmental goods and services they provide. One cause of degradation of freshwater wetlands, locally called Popal is its use for cattle grazing and the introduction of forage species, especially exotic. This work was aimed at eradicating the coverage of invasive aquatic plant species and restore native species richness taking action as a court of single storey vegetation, flood, fire management, covers with a black rubber, timely application of herbicide systems on the foliage or inside the stems and timely use of shade netting. Data is presented for air cover of indicator species for changes in the restoration, both native and desirable species of concern, either invasive or native undesirable over three years of work. To date there are a few outbreaks of problem species and this has significantly increased the wealth of desirable native species, the latter being those that currently dominate the wetland. Los humedales son ecosistemas de gran importancia para el hombre por los bienes y servicios ambientales que brindan. Una de las causas de degradación de los humedales de agua dulce, llamados localmente popales, es su uso para pastoreo de ganado y la introducción de especies forrajeras, principalmente exóticas. En este trabajo se planteó como objetivo erradicar la cobertura de especies de plantas acuáticas invasoras y recuperar la riqueza de especies nativas, desarrollando acciones como corte de vegetación a ras del suelo, inundación, incendios controlados, cubrir con un hule negro, aplicación puntual de herbicida sistémico sobre el follaje o dentro de los tallos y uso puntual de malla sombra. Se presentan los datos de cobertura aérea de las especies indicadoras de cambios en la restauración, tanto nativas deseables como especies problemáticas, ya sea por ser invasoras o nativas no deseables, a lo largo de tres años de trabajo. A la fecha ya son escasos los rebrotes de las especies problemáticas y se ha incrementado notablemente la riqueza de especies nativas deseables, siendo estas últimas las que dominan en el humedal actualmente. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2011-08-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/68 CienciaUAT; Vol. 6 No. 1: July-September 2011; 52-57 CienciaUAT; Vol. 6 No. 1: Julio-Septiembre 2011; 52-57 2007-7858 2007-7521 eng https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/68/56
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author_facet	Moreno-Casasola, Patricia Sánchez-Higueredo, Lorena Vázquez, Judith López-Rosas, Hugo
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title	Changes in plant community composition after restoration of a wetland forest in Veracruz, Mexico
title_short	Changes in plant community composition after restoration of a wetland forest in Veracruz, Mexico
title_full	Changes in plant community composition after restoration of a wetland forest in Veracruz, Mexico
title_fullStr	Changes in plant community composition after restoration of a wetland forest in Veracruz, Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Changes in plant community composition after restoration of a wetland forest in Veracruz, Mexico
title_sort	changes in plant community composition after restoration of a wetland forest in veracruz, mexico
description	Wetlands are ecosystems of great importance to man for the environmental goods and services they provide. One cause of degradation of freshwater wetlands, locally called Popal is its use for cattle grazing and the introduction of forage species, especially exotic. This work was aimed at eradicating the coverage of invasive aquatic plant species and restore native species richness taking action as a court of single storey vegetation, flood, fire management, covers with a black rubber, timely application of herbicide systems on the foliage or inside the stems and timely use of shade netting. Data is presented for air cover of indicator species for changes in the restoration, both native and desirable species of concern, either invasive or native undesirable over three years of work. To date there are a few outbreaks of problem species and this has significantly increased the wealth of desirable native species, the latter being those that currently dominate the wetland.
publisher	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
publishDate	2011
url	https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/68
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Changes in plant community composition after restoration of a wetland forest in Veracruz, Mexico

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