Question: Although mangrove forests are generally regarded as highly threatened, some studies have shown that canopies in the Pacific coast of Mexico been increasing recent decades. We investigated possible causes driving this reported expansion. Location: The lagoons Magdalena Bay Baja California, Mexico. Methods: used 50-year-old aerial photographs and 24-year-old satellite images to compare long-term vegetation change, surveyed a coastal transect analyse flooding levels, compiled six...

The use and knowledge of medicinal plants play an essential role in community health rural Mexico. Medicinal are part the local heritage provide a source economic income. Nevertheless, their has declined due to factors like accelerated urbanization. Some authors have proposed that by reducing natural spaces, urbanization generates changes impact recognition, use, management resources. Here, we evaluate how affects knowledge, perception Biosphere Reserve Mexico.Using mixed methodology...

A large amount of birds are harvested from the natural environment for pet market. This trade is a conservation issue and an economic income many people, two aspects not analyzed yet as complex system causes effects. Though bird common in Latin-America there few published studies. Therefore, we reviewed available literature to understand background this topic identify future relevant research topics. We collected, summarized discussed about use pets Latin-America, with detailed approach...

Information on the current processes controlling distribution patterns of relict palm populations at limit their northwestern in America are poorly known. We explored importance post-dispersal seed removal by vertebrates, recruitment, and blue fan palm, Brahea armata, Northern Baja California peninsula, evaluating (i) levels vertebrates two spatial scales initial fate dispersed seeds, (ii) association seedlings adults scales, (iii) seedling densities based density distance to adult trees,...

Las creencias, mitos e historias existentes en el ámbito simbólico de los murciélagos tienen una gran influencia la valoración las personas. El objetivo esta investigación es conocer percepción que existe entre ejidatarios Bejucal sobre y servicio ecosistémico dispersión semillas. Esta se realizó dos etapas, primero aplicaron entrevistas semiestructuradas a para sus percepciones posteriormente impartió un taller sensibilización con al final evaluar efectividad nuestras acciones educación...

Human wildlife conflicts (HWC) represent a global challenge for the conservation of species. We registered all available scientific publications on this subject from 1983 to 2017, in order analyze HWC research performed Mexico. Our results indicate that has been scarcely studied, with less than half studies published journals. The reviewed documents focus description and quantification damage by wildlife, total 112 species mentioned including birds, amphibians, mammals reptiles crops,...

Critical aspects of hydrological science need to include historical perspectives about land and water use, understand the kind knowledge policy­makers society require, so that this expertise can be translated into actions directed management challenges. We combined environmental perceptions with ecology techniques past present relationships between people riparian environment, highlight overriding influences historic land­use changes in region. analyzed elderly stakeholders who have lived...

Birds are used in México for subsistence income and have traditionally been part of local cultural heritage. A group people called pajareros required by law to apply permits harvesting selling birds, which authorized Mexican environmental wildlife government officers mostly use. While manager interact with stakeholders as their work, how they actually interrelate make final decisions remains unclear. Therefore, we describe regulation bird use Mexico, analyze criteria applied, provide the...

Damage to maize (Zea mays) fields leads negative attitudes towards wildlife that can affect conservation. In a Biosphere Reserve in central Mexico, local inhabitants perceive causes major damage fields. Therefore, we quantified damaged by species and wind, explored whether this was related the proportion of land-use categories landscape surrounding distance from nearest human settlements, water sources forest patches. We plants cobs 180 samples six 100 m2 quadrats each 30 On average, less...

Population growth poses threats to biodiversity, specifically sensitive species. Therefore, an understandingof the conflict between biodiversity and human population is needed enable long-term planning of development andconservation policies by state federal governments society based on limitations potentials environments.We used a geopolitical approach analyze data demography, economic activities, natural vegetation, aviandiversity, protected areas 32 states Mexico 30 districts Oaxaca....

México alberga aproximadamente 393 especies de serpientes, las cuales 210 son endémicas. Estos reptiles ofrecen servicios ecosistémicos que brindan beneficios a la humanidad como el control plagas. A pesar nuestros ancestros veneraban, actualmente existe repudio hacia ellas por desconocimiento y falsa información. Por medio una exhaustiva revisión bibliográfica damos conocer datos sobre trascendencia serpientes su diversidad en nuestro país, desconocimiento, los mitos conflicto con humano....

In the Central Desert of northern Baja California, blue fan palm populations (Brahea armata) are found as isolated oases on mountaintops and along canyons with ephemeral flow conditions. Here, effect interaction between larva an endemic moth, Litoprosopus bajaensis, this was documented for first time. We registered phenology palms by counting number shoots flowers or fruits, assessing their damage calculating reproductive success per individual within three populations: San Pedro Martir,...

Con el objetivo de fortalecer programas educativos en Morelos, México, aquí se analizan las percepciones y los conocimientos que tienen sobre medio ambiente niños profesores escuelas rurales urbanas del sur estado. la aplicación cuestionarios fue posible identificar factores inciden tanto forma ellos perciben ambiente, como adquieren él. La mayoría desconoce Reserva Biosfera Sierra Huautla, a pesar vivir ella, también deterioro ambiental, lo contrasta con urbanos. Estos están relacionados...

The use of song and ornamental birds (SOB) as pets is a traditional commercial activity in Mexico. This paper part larger research which aim was to analyze the birds. objective depict complexity stake-holders system involved live selling We display diagrams main stakeholders activity, highlighting acting several or three spatial scales (micro- regional, meso- national, macroor global) extent their influence management. Depicting SOB essential better understand decision-making process improve...

The wild grapevine species (Vitis spp.) that comprise the pedigrees of rootstocks, Americas as source (and solution) to Phylloxera crisis decimated European vineyards, and California a premier wine growing region are topics usually frame history grapes in North America. This Anglo-American perspective ignores domesticated grape varieties were first introduced America what is now Mexico, singular contributions Mexican labor economy continue influence politics. Here, we highlight neglected...

La presencia de una colonia Nyctinomops laticaudatus dentro las ruinas Mayas Uxmal es considerada por autoridades como dañina a antiguas estructuras debido la acumulación guano. Por ello, se ha propuesto remover estos murciélagos, falta conocimiento los servicios ecosistémicos que proven. Nuestro objetivo fue evaluar percepciones socio-ambientales tienen sobre murciélagos visitantes Uxmal. Se aplicaron cuestionarios muestra visitantes, y respuestas categorizaron analizaron utilizando prueba...

Societal Impact Statement The cultural significance of the grapevine is undeniable. However, we fail to acknowledge how has and continues influence most pressing political questions our time. From beginning Conquest, Indigenous peoples were forced plant vine, Spain burned vines Miguel Hidalgo used teach poor, César Chávez Delano grape strike demanded justice for agricultural laborers. Grito de Dolores Sí se puede , demonstrate continuing relationship between Mexico influences debates...

The long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) is a generalist predator that feeds mainly on rodents and rabbits. However, predation Peromyscus has been reported mostly at the genus level records are scarce. In April 2018, we made field trip to Laguna Bélgica Educational Park, Chiapas, capture, handle, study mammalian wildlife species. We set 15 Sherman traps 5 m apart 70-m linear transect for one night. One male M. frenata was captured along with dead Mexican deer mouse (Peromyscus mexicanus) in...