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- Title
Conservation value of a natural protected area in the state of Puebla, Mexico.
- Authors
Iván Badano, Ernesto; García-Guzmán, Jerónimo; Vergara-Briceño, Carlos Hernán; Martínez-Romero, Luis Enrique; de las Nieves Barranco-León, María; Luna-Castellanos, Florencio; Acuña-Cors, Ana María; García-Valenzuela, Miguel Ángel; Ramos-Palacios, Carlos Renato
- Abstract
Mexico has several natural protected areas (NPAs) managed by state administrations. However, the aims these NPAs are more closely related to local political contexts than to their importance as reservoirs of biodiversity. In this study, we assessed the conservation value of the park Flor del Bosque, in the state of Puebla. Since this park contains both, well-preserved and human-disturbed habitats, we compared the diversity of plants and birds between these habitat types. Later, to assess its conservation value, the total diversity of the park was compared with that from an external, unprotected site with similar vegetation structure. In the park, the diversity of both groups of organisms was higher at well-preserved rather than at disturbed habitats. Furthermore, the analyses indicated that the entire diversity of the park is substantially higher than that of the external site. Thus, we suggest that these type of studies should be promoted by the state governments to determine the conservation value of their NPAs and, therefore aid in the development of adequate management programs for these sites.
- Subjects
PROTECTED areas; BIODIVERSITY conservation; BIODIVERSITY research; VEGETATION dynamics; WILDLIFE research
- Publication
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2012, Vol 83, Issue 3, p834
- ISSN
1870-3453
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7550/rmb.25322