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1 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Orinoquia. Arauca, Colombia. fjmijaress@unal.edu.co. Autor para correspondencia. Resumen Se determinó la composición florística y estructural de un zural boscoso con montículos de en promedio 1.36 m de altura y 2.7 m de diámetro localizado en la llanura aluvial del municipio de Arauca. Se muestreó un área de 0.1 ha con diez transectos de 50 x 2 m para estudiar vegetación leñosa y herbácea. Se registraron 849 individuos de 29 familias, 36 géneros y 40 especies. Por sus características de clases diamétricas y aspectos sociológicos del zural boscoso se considera que este tipo de bosques no podría ser usado con fines de extracción de madera a gran escala y posiblemente los servicios ecosistémicos que provee son de regulación. De las especies registradas se destacan: Sarcoglottis acaulis (Sm.) Schltr (Orchidaceae), como nuevo registro para el departamento de Arauca; Guapira cf. pubescens (Kunth) Lundell (Nyctaginaceae) y Pouteria cf. stipitata Cronquist (Sapotaceae), como posibles nuevos registros para Colombia. Palabras clave: bosque, Orinoquía, sabana, vegetación, zuro. Abstract We described the structure and floristic composition of a zurales forest with earth-mounds presenting average heights of 1.36 m and average diameters of 2.7 m. This area was located in an alluvial savanna of the Arauca Department. We sampled 0,1 ha plot by setting 10 transects (50 x 2 m each) to survey all woody and herbaceous plant species. It was found 849 individuals from 29 families, 36 genera and 40 species. Based on their attributes such as the tree diametric distribution and sociological aspects, the zural forest does not seem appropriate for wood commercial extraction, but it is likely to provide regulation ecosystem services. From the recorded species, three were notable; Sarcoglottis acaulis (Sm.) Schltr (Orchidaceae), considered a new record for the Arauca department, and Guapira cf. pubescens (Kunth) Lundell (Nyctaginaceae) and Pouteria cf. stipitata Cronquist (Sapotaceae) probably new records for the Colombian flora.
Colombia ForestalEnvironmental Science-Nature and Landscape Conservation
CiteScore
1.00
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14
审稿时长
20 weeks
期刊介绍:
Colombia Forestal Journal publishes original manuscripts on themes of the forest field and various aspects of natural resources and the environment, which are discriminated in the categories of research article, review, reflection and technical notes of agreement with the stipulations of COLCIENCIAS for scientific publications. According to the classification of scientific areas of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Colombia Forestal Journal belongs to the large area of Agricultural Sciences (4), Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (4A) and to the discipline Forestry (4A02). Since its creation in 1978, the journal has been edited and published by the Francisco José de Caldas District University with headquarters in Bogotá. The quality of the content of the journal has been strengthened with the collaboration of national and international external evaluators in a double blind arbitration system and the dissemination has been extended by publishing manuscripts in a language different from Spanish and with inclusion in bibliographical databases such as Scopus. , DOAJ, Scielo, Redalyc, Ebsco, CAB Abstracts of CAB International, Forestry Abstracts, Ulrich''s, Latindex, Publindex. Likewise, it has academic profiles at Mendeley, Academia and Researchgate. The articles that are submitted to Colombia Forestal Journal must be original and unpublished and have not been postulated in other journals.