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- Title
Proposal for the establishment of the core zones in the Biosphere Reserve of Tehuacá n-Cuicatlá n, Mexico.
- Authors
Méndez-Larios, Isidro; Lira, Rafael; Godínez-Alvarez, Héctor; Davila, Patricia; Ortiz, Enrique
- Abstract
This work proposes the establishment of core zones in the Biosphere Reserve of Tehuacá n-Cuicatlán (BRTC), based on plant species richness and endemism. A total of 561 species of the four most important plant families in the region (Asteraceae, Cactaceae, Leguminosae and Poaceae) as well as 174 endemic species of these and other families were used in the analyses. Distribution of these taxa was analyzed using two different iterative complementarity methods. Significant correlations were found between patterns of species richness and endemic plants distribution in the study area. These results were combined with other analysis where two different indices (species richness index and human population index) were used. The results suggest the delimitation of four core zones within the Biosphere Reserve, covering a total area of 105,300 ha. The core zones represent 21.8% of the area, and would protect 72.54% of the species from the selected plant families and 67.8% of endemic species.
- Subjects
SPECIES diversity; BIOSPHERE reserves; ENDEMIC plants; ASTERACEAE; CACTUS; LEGUMES; GRASSES; BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION
- Publication
Biodiversity & Conservation, 2006, Vol 15, Issue 5, p1627
- ISSN
0960-3115
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10531-004-5013-1