G. De Las Salas's scientific contributions

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... Comparando la productividad aérea promedio anual de la selva de Los Tuxtlas con las demás (tabla 2), resultó superior en todos los casos a excepción de las selvas de Colombia (Foelster y De Las Salas, 1976), Panamá (Haines y Foster, 1977y Golley, et al., 1975 y una de las localidades del estudio de Bernhard (1970) en Costa de Marfil. Sin embargo, Medina y Klinge (1983) señalan que la PPN supera las 20 toneladas en las selvas de Africa y Asia. ...
... It is essential to highlight that our sites have not been exposed to selective logging or deforestation; thus, we suggest that lower plant richness and basal area are the normal states in our study site. Pedraza and Molina (2006) reported a basal area of 20 m2 ha-1, while Folster et al. (1976) reported a basal area of 22 m2 ha-1 for trees with DBH >10 cm. Magdalena Valley FF shows lower diversity than similar forests in Amazon (Gentry, 1988;Stevenson et al., 2018); however, they are more diverse than other FF in tropical regions around the world (Parolin and Wittmann 2010;Scarano 2006). ...