“…In the state of Michoacán, pine‐oak forests potentially covered approximately 1,623,100 ha or 28% of the state's total area (Denvir et al., 2022), hosting a great diversity of flora and fauna and approximately 16 pine and 34 oak species (Leal‐Nares & Villaseñor‐Gómez, 2016). These forests provide fundamental ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration and storage, water and air purification, regulation of the hydrological cycle, and a large number of cultural and aesthetic values (Denvir, 2023; Gómez‐Tagle Chavez et al., 2019; Leal‐Nares & Villaseñor‐Gómez, 2016). Nevertheless, despite their high biological and social importance, in the last decades Michoacán's pine‐oak forests have experienced a dramatic transformation to other land uses, most notably avocado cultivation.…”