“…The estimated cover of these forests in Mexico ranges between 0.5% and 1% (Rzedowski, 1996;Jiménez, 2012). Chiapas, and particularly Los Altos region, has recorded an annual deforestation rate of 18.9%, caused mainly by illegal logging, grazing, and agriculture (González-Espinosa, Quintana-Ascencio, Ramírez-Marcial, & Gaytan-Guzman, 1991;González-Espinosa, Ochoa-Gaona, Ramírez-Marcial, & Quintana-Ascencio, 1995;Cayuela, 2006;González-Espinosa et al, 2007).…”