Análisis funcional del secuestro de carbono en el gradiente sucesional de un bosque seco tropical del valle del río Magdalena

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to show the variations of carbon sequestration in three successional stages of a tropical dry forest from the functional ecology approach. Eight functional traits were measured in 42 species, functional plant types (TFPs) were identified in the successional stages from the analysis of hierarchical conglomerates, characterized by analysis of contingency tables, principal components and comparisons of means. Two TFPs associated with acquisitive strategies and two conservative ones were identified; their abundance and dominance were found in the successional gradient, as well as the community weighted average (CWM) of the wood related traits. This suggests that the abundance-dominance of TFPs, as well as the CWM of wood traits, may be useful as an indicator of carbon sequestration in ecological restoration processes.