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Ecology of Plant Communities in Central Mexico

In: Natural History and Ecology of Mexico and Central America

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  • Joaquin Sosa-Ramirez
  • Vicente Diaz-Nunez
  • Diego R. Perez-Salicrup

Abstract

In Central Mexico converge three biogeographic provinces: Altiplano sur, Sierra Madre Occidental and Costa del Pacífico. Each one of them is composed by different plant communities: Thorn Forest, Temperate Mountain Forest and Dry Tropical Forest respectively. Our objective is to show, through phytoecological analysis, the species richness, diversity and the structure of the plant communities from the Temperate Mountain Forest and from the Tropical Dry Forest. In the Temperate Mountain Forest, 50 forest species were recorded, with a Shannon Wiener diversity index H´ = 1.63 on altitudes from 2400 to 2600 m. The Whittaker ? index is Bw = 7.22. In the tropical dry forest, we identified 79 plants species with a mean diversity index H´ = 3.49 on altitudes from 1951 to 2100 m. In this ecosystem the Bw index is 8.12. This study offers important information for the establishment of management practices, considering the protection status from the areas in which this vegetation type is distributed.

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  • Joaquin Sosa-Ramirez & Vicente Diaz-Nunez & Diego R. Perez-Salicrup, 2021. "Ecology of Plant Communities in Central Mexico," Chapters, in: Levente Hufnagel (ed.), Natural History and Ecology of Mexico and Central America, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:221841
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.95629
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    Keywords

    Aguascalientes; Sierra Fria; Temperate Mountain Forest; Tropical Dry Forest; biogeographic provinces;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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