Functional traits and performance of woody species on oil- affected soils of the Ecuadorian Amazon

Tropical forests cover 10 % of the terrestrial surface and account for 50 % of worldwide tree diversity (Mayaux et al., 2005). More than half of tropical forest areas are composed of tropical rainforests, which are characterized by a high diversity of tree species (Lewis et al., 2009). Tropical rain...

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Autores principales: Villancis, Jaime, Casanoves, Fernando, Hang, Susana, Armas, Cristina
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Publicado: Revista de Biologia Tropical 2023
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spelling RepoCATIE123522023-12-11T18:29:32Z Functional traits and performance of woody species on oil- affected soils of the Ecuadorian Amazon Villancis, Jaime Casanoves, Fernando Hang, Susana Armas, Cristina Especies||species||espécie||espèce Ciencias ambientales||environmental sciences||Ciências do ambiente||sciences de l'environnement Análisis del suelo||soil analysis||análise do solo||analyse de sol Conservación de la madera||wood preservation||preservação da madeira||préservation du bois Conservación de la madera||wood preservation||preservação da madeira||préservation du bois Sede Central ODS 11 - Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables ODS 15 - Vida de ecosistemas terrestres Tropical forests cover 10 % of the terrestrial surface and account for 50 % of worldwide tree diversity (Mayaux et al., 2005). More than half of tropical forest areas are composed of tropical rainforests, which are characterized by a high diversity of tree species (Lewis et al., 2009). Tropical rainforests have a significant influence on global patterns of biodiversity, ecosystem ecology, productivity, and biogeochemical cycles (Malhi, 2010). According to Guevara-Andino et al. (2019) in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest there are 2296 tree species; however, approximately 4.2 million hectares of this ecosystem have been impacted by many anthropogenic activities related to oil extraction (opening of new roads, construction of platforms, mud and drill cutting cells, contaminated soil treatment units, and settlement of camps and heliports) (Rivera-Parra et al., 2020). These activities have resulted in high deforestation, acceleration of soil erosion, decrease in water infiltration, increase in superficial runoff (Bertzky et al., 2011), and reduction of fauna species (Arroyo-Rodríguez et al., 2007; Pozo-Rivera et al., 2023).In response, the Ecuadorian government has implemented reforestation programs on sites affected by oil extraction processes since 2000 (Villacís, 2016). Reforestation activities began with the production of seedlings in plant nurseries, where various native and exotic tree species are produced (primarily timber, fruit, and ornamental plants), later, seedlings are transplanted into the affected soils when reach 30 cm in height. Studies to evaluate the most suitable species for reforestation sites (previously affected by oil extraction processes) have been conducted in plant nurseries (Villacís, Armas et al., 2016), as well as in open-field affected sites (Villacís, Casanoves et al., 2016). 2023-11-08T18:12:47Z 2023-11-08T18:12:47Z 2023-10 Artículo https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12352 openAccess en https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/50333 13 paginas application/pdf Revista de Biologia Tropical
institution Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
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language Inglés
topic Especies||species||espécie||espèce
Ciencias ambientales||environmental sciences||Ciências do ambiente||sciences de l'environnement
Análisis del suelo||soil analysis||análise do solo||analyse de sol
Conservación de la madera||wood preservation||preservação da madeira||préservation du bois
Conservación de la madera||wood preservation||preservação da madeira||préservation du bois
Sede Central
ODS 11 - Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables
ODS 15 - Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
spellingShingle Especies||species||espécie||espèce
Ciencias ambientales||environmental sciences||Ciências do ambiente||sciences de l'environnement
Análisis del suelo||soil analysis||análise do solo||analyse de sol
Conservación de la madera||wood preservation||preservação da madeira||préservation du bois
Conservación de la madera||wood preservation||preservação da madeira||préservation du bois
Sede Central
ODS 11 - Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables
ODS 15 - Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
Villancis, Jaime
Casanoves, Fernando
Hang, Susana
Armas, Cristina
Functional traits and performance of woody species on oil- affected soils of the Ecuadorian Amazon
description Tropical forests cover 10 % of the terrestrial surface and account for 50 % of worldwide tree diversity (Mayaux et al., 2005). More than half of tropical forest areas are composed of tropical rainforests, which are characterized by a high diversity of tree species (Lewis et al., 2009). Tropical rainforests have a significant influence on global patterns of biodiversity, ecosystem ecology, productivity, and biogeochemical cycles (Malhi, 2010). According to Guevara-Andino et al. (2019) in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest there are 2296 tree species; however, approximately 4.2 million hectares of this ecosystem have been impacted by many anthropogenic activities related to oil extraction (opening of new roads, construction of platforms, mud and drill cutting cells, contaminated soil treatment units, and settlement of camps and heliports) (Rivera-Parra et al., 2020). These activities have resulted in high deforestation, acceleration of soil erosion, decrease in water infiltration, increase in superficial runoff (Bertzky et al., 2011), and reduction of fauna species (Arroyo-Rodríguez et al., 2007; Pozo-Rivera et al., 2023).In response, the Ecuadorian government has implemented reforestation programs on sites affected by oil extraction processes since 2000 (Villacís, 2016). Reforestation activities began with the production of seedlings in plant nurseries, where various native and exotic tree species are produced (primarily timber, fruit, and ornamental plants), later, seedlings are transplanted into the affected soils when reach 30 cm in height. Studies to evaluate the most suitable species for reforestation sites (previously affected by oil extraction processes) have been conducted in plant nurseries (Villacís, Armas et al., 2016), as well as in open-field affected sites (Villacís, Casanoves et al., 2016).
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author Villancis, Jaime
Casanoves, Fernando
Hang, Susana
Armas, Cristina
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Casanoves, Fernando
Hang, Susana
Armas, Cristina
author_sort Villancis, Jaime
title Functional traits and performance of woody species on oil- affected soils of the Ecuadorian Amazon
title_short Functional traits and performance of woody species on oil- affected soils of the Ecuadorian Amazon
title_full Functional traits and performance of woody species on oil- affected soils of the Ecuadorian Amazon
title_fullStr Functional traits and performance of woody species on oil- affected soils of the Ecuadorian Amazon
title_full_unstemmed Functional traits and performance of woody species on oil- affected soils of the Ecuadorian Amazon
title_sort functional traits and performance of woody species on oil- affected soils of the ecuadorian amazon
publisher Revista de Biologia Tropical
publishDate 2023
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