Seasonality and trends of dry forest of Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite basin and protected area Meseta de Cacaxtla, Mexico
The tropical dry forests are one of the most vulnerable and unprotected ecosystem in Mexico. Currently, only 30% of the original cover remains and 0.2% of it is under some form of protection status. In order to promote the conservation and management of these ecosystems, the objective of this study...
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Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
2018
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| author | Berlanga-Robles, César Alejandro Cervantes-Escobar, Aimée Murúa Figueroa, Eunice |
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| description | The tropical dry forests are one of the most vulnerable and unprotected ecosystem in Mexico. Currently, only 30% of the original cover remains and 0.2% of it is under some form of protection status. In order to promote the conservation and management of these ecosystems, the objective of this study was to describe the seasonality and trends change of the forest canopy of the Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite basin and the Meseta de Cacaxtla Flora and Fauna Protection Area in Sinaloa State, in Northwest Mexico. A monthly time series from 2001 to 2016 of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index of the satellite Modis Terra was decomposed with a Principal Component Analysis with two orientations. In the analyzed period, 99% of the variation of the forest canopy was due to a vegetative phenological cycle, in which the maximum vigor of the vegetation occurred in September; three and four months after the beginning of the rainy season. Likewise, deforestation or reforestation processes were not identified in the basin. The Meseta de Cacaxtla has fulfilled its function of protecting its forest, and its good state of conservation detected in the whole basin could be an incentive to extend the limits of the protected natural area and to increase the percentage of tropical dry forest under protection status in Sinaloa, which is currently 0.02%. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.myb.ojs.inecol.mx:article-15762022-11-29T22:54:30Z Seasonality and trends of dry forest of Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite basin and protected area Meseta de Cacaxtla, Mexico Estacionalidad y tendencias del bosque tropical caducifolio de la cuenca Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite y el área protegida Meseta de Cacaxtla, México Berlanga-Robles, César Alejandro Cervantes-Escobar, Aimée Murúa Figueroa, Eunice principal components analysis normalized difference vegetation index Modis Terra time series Sinaloa Mexico análisis de componentes principales índice de vegetación de diferencia normalizada Modis Terra series de tiempo Sinaloa México The tropical dry forests are one of the most vulnerable and unprotected ecosystem in Mexico. Currently, only 30% of the original cover remains and 0.2% of it is under some form of protection status. In order to promote the conservation and management of these ecosystems, the objective of this study was to describe the seasonality and trends change of the forest canopy of the Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite basin and the Meseta de Cacaxtla Flora and Fauna Protection Area in Sinaloa State, in Northwest Mexico. A monthly time series from 2001 to 2016 of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index of the satellite Modis Terra was decomposed with a Principal Component Analysis with two orientations. In the analyzed period, 99% of the variation of the forest canopy was due to a vegetative phenological cycle, in which the maximum vigor of the vegetation occurred in September; three and four months after the beginning of the rainy season. Likewise, deforestation or reforestation processes were not identified in the basin. The Meseta de Cacaxtla has fulfilled its function of protecting its forest, and its good state of conservation detected in the whole basin could be an incentive to extend the limits of the protected natural area and to increase the percentage of tropical dry forest under protection status in Sinaloa, which is currently 0.02%. Los bosques tropicales caducifolios son de los ecosistemas más vulnerables y desprotegidos de México. En la actualidad solo permanece 30% de la cobertura original y únicamente 0.2% de esta se encuentra bajo algún estatus de protección. Con el fin de aportar elementos que promuevan la conservación y manejo de estos ecosistemas, este estudio tuvo como objetivo describir la estacionalidad y las tendencias de cambio del bosque tropical caducifolio de la cuenca Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite y del área de protección de flora y fauna Meseta de Cacaxtla en el estado de Sinaloa en el noroeste de México. Para esto, se descompuso una serie de tiempo mensual de 2001 a 2016 del índice de vegetación de diferencia normalizada del satélite Modis Terra con un análisis de componentes principales con dos orientaciones. En el periodo analizado, 99% de la variación del dosel del bosque se debió a un ciclo fenológico vegetativo en el que el máximo vigor de la vegetación ocurrió en septiembre, entre tres y cuatro meses después del inicio de la temporada de lluvias. Asimismo, no se identificaron procesos de deforestación o reforestación del bosque dentro de la cuenca. La Meseta de Cacaxtla, aunque quizás de manera circunstancial, ha cumplido la función de proteger sus bosques; el buen estado de conservación en toda la cuenca podría ser un aliciente para ampliar los límites del área natural protegida y aumentar el porcentaje de bosque tropical caducifolio bajo estatus de protección en Sinaloa, que actualmente es de 0.02%. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2018-11-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf application/xml https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/e2431576 10.21829/myb.2018.2431576 Madera y Bosques; Vol. 24 No. 3 (2018): Otoño 2018 Madera y Bosques; Vol. 24 Núm. 3 (2018): Otoño 2018 2448-7597 1405-0471 spa https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/e2431576/1816 https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/e2431576/1887 Derechos de autor 2018 Madera y Bosques |
| spellingShingle | Berlanga-Robles, César Alejandro Cervantes-Escobar, Aimée Murúa Figueroa, Eunice Seasonality and trends of dry forest of Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite basin and protected area Meseta de Cacaxtla, Mexico |
| title | Seasonality and trends of dry forest of Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite basin and protected area Meseta de Cacaxtla, Mexico |
| title_full | Seasonality and trends of dry forest of Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite basin and protected area Meseta de Cacaxtla, Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Seasonality and trends of dry forest of Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite basin and protected area Meseta de Cacaxtla, Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seasonality and trends of dry forest of Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite basin and protected area Meseta de Cacaxtla, Mexico |
| title_short | Seasonality and trends of dry forest of Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite basin and protected area Meseta de Cacaxtla, Mexico |
| title_sort | seasonality and trends of dry forest of piaxtla-elota-quelite basin and protected area meseta de cacaxtla, mexico |
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