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<journal-id>0034-7744</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Biología Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. biol. trop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7744</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S0034-77442019000100024</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/rbt.v67i1.33445</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Ecosystem dynamics and services of a paired Neotropical montane forest and pine plantation]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Dinámica y servicios del ecosistema en un bosque montano neotropical y un pinar sembrado]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Baruch]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Zdravko]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nozawa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Shingo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Johnson]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Erica]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yerena]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgard]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Simón Bolívar  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Venezuela</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Adelaide  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Australia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Experimental Jardín Botánico &#8220;Dr. Tobías Lasser&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Caracas]]></addr-line>
<country>Venezuela</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>67</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>24</fpage>
<lpage>35</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-77442019000100024&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-77442019000100024&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-77442019000100024&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Montane forests are one of the most decimated of Neotropical biomes even though they provide a suite of valuable ecosystem services such as provision of water to lowland settlements and prevention of erosion and mudslides. In some instances, to restore these and other ecosystem services, degraded montane forests are replaced by exotic tree plantations, which cover sizeable areas in several countries. Despite their importance for assessment of ecological services and for intrinsic ecological value, comparative studies of paired native montane forest and conifer plantation are scarce along the Northern Andean Cordillera. Additionally, extrapolations are challenging because each pair of communities is highly site specific due to environmental setting, age and density of plantation, and reforestation species. Here, we assess and compare structure, biogeochemistry and ecosystem services provided by closely positioned native forest and pine plantation from a protected montane area in Venezuela. Soil nutrients and soil carbon content were 60 and 54 % respectively higher in the forest. As consequence of pine&#8217; growth form and leaf biochemistry, aboveground biomass and litter mass, as well as nutrient content and carbon stocks, were higher in the plantation. This results in the plantation storing 30 % more MgC ha-1 than the nearby forest. Canopy structure and litter properties influence the hydrology of both ecosystems through differences in rain throughfall. Most of the ecosystem services itemized are superior in the native forest, with exception that the younger plantation sequesters more carbon. An additional service provided by plantations might be that of ecological corridors that connect fragmented native forests. Our study, a specific case of nutrient and carbon cycling dynamics in paired montane forests and pine plantations, provides another set of data for the design of policy and management of considerable areas in the Neotropics with established conservation plantations.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Los bosques montanos son uno de los biomas más devastados del Neotrópico aunque proporcionan valiosos servicios ecológicos al suministrar agua a los asentamientos humanos y proteger contra la erosión y los deslaves. En algunas instancias, para mantener esos servicios ecológicos, los bosques destruidos son reemplazados por plantaciones forestales en áreas considerables de varios países. Aunque existen unos pocos estudios comparativos en a lo largo del norte de la Cordillera Andina, las extrapolaciones son difíciles debido a que estos son altamente específicos debido al entorno ambiental, edad de las plantaciones, y a la especie de conífera dominante. Nosotros analizamos y comparamos la diversidad y estructura de la vegetación, la biogeoquímica y los servicios ecológicos proporcionados por un bosque montano y una plantación de pino adyacente en un área protegida de Venezuela. Los suelos del bosque nativo contienen 60 % más de nitrógeno y 54 % más de carbono que los de la plantación. Como consecuencia de la forma de vida de los pinos y de su composición foliar, la biomasa aérea y el contenido de nutrientes en la hojarasca seca son mayores en la plantación dando como resultado que la plantación contiene 30 % MgC ha-1 más que el bosque. La estructura del dosel influencia la hidrología de ambos ecosistemas mediante diferencias en la penetración del agua de lluvia. La mayoría de los servicios son de menor valor ecológico en la plantación de pino. Sin embargo, esta ofrece servicios que no existirían en su ausencia. En regiones montañosas, las plantaciones de coníferas fueron establecidas para mejorar la provisión de agua y estabilizar los suelos. Sin embargo, nuestros resultados sugieren que las plantaciones pueden proporcionar corredores ecológicos que conecten bosques nativos fragmentados. Nuestro estudio, al proveer un ejemplo adicional de dinámica ecológica comparada, expone las diferencias en servicios ecológicos proporcionados por un bosque montano y una plantación de pino y proporciona información para establecer políticas de conservación y manejo de recursos naturales en extensas áreas neotropicales.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[biogeochemistry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[conifer plantation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ecosystem services]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[hydrology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[montane forest]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Neotropics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[biogeoquímica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[bosques montanos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hidrología]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Neotrópicos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[plantación de coníferas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[servicios ecológicos]]></kwd>
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