Ecological succession in a xeric shrub: an explicative hypothesis
The ecological succession is a biotic community substitution process by other with more structuration and functionality, during the ecosystem maturation. As well, succession is a self-organization process in biotic communities, with organisms forming relationships and associations that regulate and...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | TIP Revista especializada en ciencias químico-biológicas |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.ojs.escire.net:article/479 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://tip.zaragoza.unam.mx/index.php/tip/article/view/479 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | xeric shrub; ecological succession; mutualism; resilience matorral xerófilo; sucesión ecológica; mutualismo; resiliencia |
| Sumario: | The ecological succession is a biotic community substitution process by other with more structuration and functionality, during the ecosystem maturation. As well, succession is a self-organization process in biotic communities, with organisms forming relationships and associations that regulate and control energy flux and organic matter cycles, in search of a growing resilience. In this work, it is presented an analysis of reported data on the plant succession of a xeric shrub at the Valle del Mezquital, Hidalgo State, Mexico. The results show there is a gradual sequency toward a more structuration and functionality within the ecosystem during xeric shrub maturation, that support better utilization of local water resources. Finally, it is concluded that the successional trend is not toward a more ecosystem complexity, but to the rise of its structuration, with cooperative organization and mutualisms as dominant interactions, in a way that ecosystem can increase its functionality. |
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