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<journal-id>2215-2504</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Forestal Mesoamericana Kurú]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Kurú]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2215-2504</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2215-25042018000100065</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18845/rfmk.v15i36.3425</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Erosión hídrica bajo tres estadios de sucesión de bosque dentro del Parque Nacional Palo Verde, Costa Rica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Water erosion under three stages of forest succession within the Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas-Zeledón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ignacio José]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Consultor Independiente  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cartago ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>36</numero>
<fpage>65</fpage>
<lpage>75</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2215-25042018000100065&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2215-25042018000100065&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2215-25042018000100065&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se estudió la erosión hídrica bajo tres estadios de sucesión de bosque en el Parque Nacional Palo Verde. Se evaluaron las tasas de erosión y sedimentación por efecto de las lluvias bajo tres estadios de sucesión de bosque: temprano, intermedio, tardío y tres condiciones de pendiente 20, 30 y 40% en las inmediaciones de la laguna Palo Verde, en la provincia de Guanacaste, Bagaces-Costa Rica. El área de estudio se caracteriza por tener suelos arcillosos y asociados a cerros calizos que se elevan abruptamente desde los humedales a nivel del mar hasta alcanzar una altura cercana a los 1000 m.s.n.m. Se encontraron diferencias significativas entre estadios de sucesión, no así entre los diferentes porcentajes de pendiente. Bajo una intensidad de lluvia máxima promedio de 23 mm/ 15 min, el estadio de sucesión temprano fue el que generó mayor cantidad de sedimentos con un valor promedio de 4,75 Mg/ha/año.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Hydric erosion was studied under three forest stages of succession in Palo Verde National Park. Erosion and sedimentation rates were evaluated on three tropical dry forest stages of succession: early, intermediate, late and three slope conditions 20, 30 and 40 % affected by the rain around Palo Verde lagoon in Guanacaste region, Bagaces-Costa Rica. The study area is characterized because of their clayey soils and proximity to chalky hills that overlap abruptly from sea level to 1000 m.a.s.l. approximately. It found significant differences between stages of succession, but not between the three different slope percentages. Under a maximum rain intensity average of 23 mm/15 min, the early stage succession is the highest sediment producer with an average value of 4.75 Mg/ha/year.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Erosión hídrica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sedimentación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estadio de sucesión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[suelo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[porcentaje de pendiente]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hydric erosion]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sedimentation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[stage of succession]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[soil]]></kwd>
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<volume>59</volume>
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