Secondary Succession in Fallow Agroforestry Systems Managed in Tropical Dry Forest in Western Mexico | IIES

Secondary Succession in Fallow Agroforestry Systems Managed in Tropical Dry Forest in Western Mexico

Secondary Succession in Fallow Agroforestry Systems Managed in Tropical Dry Forest in Western Mexico

Sustainability (Switzerland) 2024 Vol.16(11) No. Art. 4760

Pacheco-Flores, A., Casas, A., Moreno-Calles, A.I., Lindig-Cisneros, R., Rendón-Sandoval, F.J., Mora-Ardila, F., Estañol-Tecuatl, F., Álvarez-Ríos, G.D., Ortega-Álvarez, R.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114760

Abstract

Tropical dry forests (TDFs) are ecosystems of high biocultural value, in which agroforestry systems (AFSs) have been essential in their management and conservation. We aimed to characterize agroforestry practices and analyze their capacity to conserve perennial plant diversity. In addition, we sought to evaluate how the management of TDFs as AFSs, together with their regeneration, influences species diversity and vegetation structure in a landscape with AFSs and TDFs in different conservation states. We compared the species diversity and basal area (BA) of plants in active and fallow AFSs at different regeneration stages in Zacualpan, Colima, Mexico. We found that AFSs harbored 71% of species richness (0D), forming a mosaic that contributed to the gamma diversity (124 species) of TDFs in the area. AFSs supported 23 endemic and 12 protected species. TDFs, active and advanced regeneration AFSs, had the highest number of useful species and diversity. Species richness (0D) in management categories increased as succession progressed, but not the BA, possibly due to frequent browsing and wood and firewood extraction. However, BA may be related to the management of useful trees maintained through agroforestry practices. We suggest increasing the matrix quality through a mosaic of active and fallow AFSs to promote ecological connectivity and biodiversity conservation. © 2024 by the authors.


Ver todas las publicaciones del IIES

Temas relacionados

Publicaciones IIES

95 registros « 1 de 19 »

2024

Carrillo-Castañeda, Michelle; Jiménez-Belmán, Aislinn A; Gómez-Romero, Mariela; García-Oliva, Felipe; Lindig-Cisneros, Roberto

Potential for carbon sequestration in severely degraded temperate climate sites: Acrisol and Andosol gullies in Mexico Artículo de revista

Forest Systems, 33 (2), 2024, (Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Gold Open Access).

Enlaces

Pacheco-Flores, Alana; Casas, Alejandro; Moreno-Calles, Ana I; Lindig-Cisneros, Roberto; Rendón-Sandoval, Francisco Javier; Mora-Ardila, Francisco; Estañol-Tecuatl, Fernando; Álvarez-Ríos, Gonzalo D; Ortega-Álvarez, Rubén

Secondary Succession in Fallow Agroforestry Systems Managed in Tropical Dry Forest in Western Mexico Artículo de revista

Sustainability (Switzerland), 16 (11), 2024, (Cited by: 1; All Open Access, Gold Open Access).

Enlaces

Ortiz-Mendoza, Rubén; González-Tagle, Marco A; Pérez-Salicrup, Diego R; Aguirre-Calderón, Oscar A; Himmelsbach, Wibke; Cuéllar-Rodríguez, Luis G

Fire behavior and litter layer consumption in pine-fir and pine-oak forests; [Comportamiento del fuego y consumo de la capa de hojarasca en bosques de pino-oyamel y pino-encino] Artículo de revista

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales, 15 (86), pp. 77 – 100, 2024, (Cited by: 0).

Enlaces

Maya-García, Omar; Maya-Elizarrarás, Elisa; Lara, Carlos; Schondube, Jorge E

Arthropod Foraging in a Temperate Mountain Hummingbird Ensemble Artículo de revista

Birds, 5 (4), pp. 774 – 797, 2024, (Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Gold Open Access).

Enlaces

Servín-Campuzano, Luisa Sebastiana; Gerritsen, Peter Rijnaldus Wilhelmus; Peña-Mondragón, Juan Luis; Ramírez-Martínez, María Magdalena

The zoocultural heritage of the P’urhépecha indigenous people; [El patrimonio zoocultural de los P´urhépecha] Artículo de revista

Caldasia, 46 (2), pp. 224 – 236, 2024, (Cited by: 0).

Enlaces

95 registros « 1 de 19 »