Forest cover dynamics in the Selva Maya of Central and Southern Quintana Roo, Mexico: deforestation or degradation?

Ellis, Edward A.; Martínez, Angélica Navarro; Ortega, Martha García; Gómez, Irving Uriel Hernández; Castillo, D. Chacón

doi:10.1080/1747423x.2020.1732489

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“…Ecologists have studied vegetation responding to many types of human disturbances: agricultural (e.g. De la Pena et al, 2016; Nagy et al, 2015; Owen et al, 2020), forestry (Bolton and D’Amato, 2019; Haapalehto et al, 2017; Hu et al, 2016; Pastur et al, 2020), grazing (Kirkpatrick et al, 2016; Stein et al, 2016; Huang et al, 2017), and multiple other disturbances (Bowd et al, 2018; Ellis et al, 2020; Ton and Krawchuk, 2016) – not all negative (Gedan and Fernández-Pascual, 2019).…”

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Vegetation ecology with anthropic drivers and consequences

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Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment

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Current research on vegetation makes a difference in people’s lives. Plant community classification is a backbone of land management, plant communities are changing in response to anthropogenic drivers, and the processes of change have impacts on ecosystem services. In the following progress report, we summarize the status of classification and recent research on vegetation responses to pollution, especially nitrogen deposition, invasive species, climate change, and land use and direct exploitation. Two areas with human feedbacks are underscored: fire ecology and urban ecology. Prominent questions at the current research frontier are highlighted with attention to new perspectives.

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Section: Vegetation Ecology and Anthropogenic Driversmentioning

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Vegetation ecology with anthropic drivers and consequences

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Talal

Pansing

et al. 2021

Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment

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“…A variety of quantitative and qualitative methods are used to evaluate and identify forest cover change drivers (mostly deforestation). Some studies use geographical information systems to identify drivers at landscape scales (Ellis, Navarro‐Martínez, García‐Ortega, Hernández‐Gómez, & Chacón Castillo, 2020; Lele et al, 2010; Vitali, Urbinati, Weisberg, Urza, & Garbarino, 2018). Spatial econometric or regression models (e.g., binary and multinomial logistic regression, ordinary least squares, and generalized linear models) are commonly used to statistically assess socioeconomic and environmental drivers at national to sub‐national levels (Kolb, Mas, & Galicia, 2013; Mahapatra & Kant, 2005; Mena et al, 2006; Vaca et al, 2019).…”

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Drivers of forest cover transitions in the Selva Maya, Mexico: Integrating regional and community scales for landscape assessment

2021

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Tropical forest disturbance contributes to global climate change from increased carbon emissions, and causes loss of biodiversity. Thus, identifying its direct causes and underlying drivers are necessary for effective land use, climate change control and conservation strategies. We integrated remote sensing forest cover data from 2000 to 2018 with georeferenced national socioeconomic and field‐collected household data to determine underlying drivers behind forest cover transitions (e.g., deforestation, degradation, and recovery) in the Selva Maya (‘Mayan Forest’) of southeast Mexico. Spatial and statistical models (multinomial logistic regression, log‐linear regression, and analysis of variance) and social science methods (household surveys and qualitative comparative analysis) were applied to evaluate and identify socioeconomic, institutional, and environmental drivers intervening at landscape and community scales. Forest cover transitions varied geographically, and associated drivers differed by scale of analysis. Using multiple methods improved the understanding of drivers. Population growth, poverty, and roads are major drivers influencing forest cover transitions (e.g., deforestation, degradation, and recovery) in the landscape. Community scale analysis identified more drivers and offered greater detail of causal relationships. Besides population and poverty, less off‐farm employment, agriculture and cattle production, immigrant population, and private property were related to deforestation and degradation. Indigenous populations, forest dependence, off‐farm employment, and common property were associated with forest conservation. Sustainable rural development should include poverty alleviation through diversification of economic activities and increased off‐farm employment opportunities. Conservation measures should pursue the enhancement of forest value for local subsistence and economic benefits by strengthening community forest management and enterprises.

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“…La Península de Yucatán se distingue por contar con la superficie de selva baja caducifolia y selva mediana subcaducifolia más grande en el continente americano (Bray et al 2004, Urquiza-Haas et al 2007, Ellis et al 2020. La Península de Yucatán contiene una vasta riqueza de especies de plantas y animales con una alta proporción de mamíferos, aves y especies forestales endémicas; que proveen una amplia gama de servicios ecosistémicos (Sosa et al 1985, Durán García et al 2000, Arellano-Rodríguez et al 2003.…”

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“…De esta forma, ante la prevalencia de quemas frecuentes y extendidas es difícil suponer la presencia de vegetación primaria en la región (Miranda 1958). Sin embargo, son comunes las áreas de vegetación secundaria con baja perturbación (vegetación madura), en ranchos privados, áreas naturales protegidas y reservas comunales (Levy- , Ellis et al 2020. La presencia y predominio de litosoles en la mayor parte del territorio de la península (Levy Tacher 1990, Ramirez-Jaramillo et al 2018, condicionan la persistencia del sistema de roza-tumba-quema, debido a la dificultad técnica para su roturación mecanizada.…”

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“…Actualmente el deterioro progresivo de las tierras y la biota de uso comunal representa el principal problema ambiental de la Península de Yucatán el cual se agudiza en los ejidos en más del 50 % de su superficie (Ellis et al 2020). Estudios en la región y en otras partes del mundo (Ellis et al 2017a, Rojas et al 2019, Walker et al 2020, relacionan los patrones de deterioro de las selvas con la expansión de la frontera agrícola, ganadera y urbana, donde el crecimiento de los poblados transforma el ambiente a su alrededor.…”

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Diversidad y estructura de franjas de árboles en una matriz agrícola (tolchés) en relación con la intensidad de uso forestal en Yaxcabá, Yucatán

Cortes-Sosa¹,

Levy-Tacher²,

Marcial³

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Bot. Sci.

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Antecedentes: Los tolchés son franjas de árboles dentro del paisaje agrícola yucateco; proporcionan varios servicios ecosistémicos, incluyendo el suministro de material leñoso. Preguntas e hipótesis: ¿Existen diferencias en la estructura de la vegetación leñosa de los tolchés a lo largo de la distancia al pueblo y la intensidad de uso? La hipótesis es que los atributos estructurales de la vegetación de los tolchés son afectados negativamente por la intensidad del uso del bosque, que disminuye de los márgenes del poblado, al área agrícola, hasta llegar a la vegetación madura. Descripción de datos: Se evaluaron los atributos estructurales de tolchés y vegetación madura (VM), se realizó una rarefacción para estandarizar el esfuerzo de muestreo, un modelo lineal univariante seguido de pruebas a posteriori. Sitio y años de estudio: El estudio se realizó en tolchés y VM de Yaxcabá, Yucatán, de febrero a julio de 2019. Métodos: Se establecieron 44 unidades de muestreo (UM): 36 UM se ubicaron en tolchés, de 3 grupos diferenciados por su distancia al poblado y 8 UM se ubicaron en VM. Se registraron los individuos leñosos > 2.5 cm de DAP y se evaluaron las diferencias de los valores estructurales de ambas condiciones. Resultados: La diversidad de los tolchés fueron significativamente superiores a la alcanzada por la VM, relacionada a la distancia al poblado. Conclusiones: Se determinó la influencia de un patrón de aprovechamiento basado en la distancia al poblado. Niveles intermedios de aprovechamiento favorecen la riqueza y diversidad de los tolchés.

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Forest cover dynamics in the Selva Maya of Central and Southern Quintana Roo, Mexico: deforestation or degradation?

Cited by 28 publications

References 53 publications

Vegetation ecology with anthropic drivers and consequences

Vegetation ecology with anthropic drivers and consequences

Drivers of forest cover transitions in the Selva Maya, Mexico: Integrating regional and community scales for landscape assessment

Diversidad y estructura de franjas de árboles en una matriz agrícola (tolchés) en relación con la intensidad de uso forestal en Yaxcabá, Yucatán

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