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Assessment of Habitat Quality and Landscape Connectivity for Forest-Dependent Cracids in the Sierra Madre del Sur Mesoamerican Biological Corridor, México

Tropical conservation science, 2019, Vol.12 (1), p.194008291987882 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Assessment of Habitat Quality and Landscape Connectivity for Forest-Dependent Cracids in the Sierra Madre del Sur Mesoamerican Biological Corridor, México
Author: Ocampo, María C. Escobar ; Castillo Santiago, Miguel Ángel ; Ochoa-Gaona, Susana ; Enríquez, Paula L ; Sibelet, Nicole
Subjects: Agricultural management ; Agroforestry ; agroforestry systems ; Biodiversity ; Biodiversity and Ecology ; Coffee ; Conservation ; Ecological conditions ; Ecological monitoring ; Environmental Sciences ; Forest conservation ; forest fragmentation ; Forest management ; Forests ; functional connectivity ; Habitat fragmentation ; habitat quality ; Habitat utilization ; Habitats ; Land cover ; Land use ; Landscape ; Life Sciences ; potential distribution ; Quality assessment ; Species ; Vegetation ; Vegetation type
Is Part Of: Tropical conservation science, 2019, Vol.12 (1), p.194008291987882
Description: Assessing landscape connectivity allows us to identify critical areas that impede or facilitate the movement of organisms and their genes and to plan their conservation and management. In this article, we assessed landscape connectivity and ecological condition of the habitat patches of a highly biodiverse region in Chiapas, Mexico. We employed data of three cracid species with different characteristics in habitat use and mobility. The habitat map of each species was derived from a spatial intersection of the models of potential distribution and a high-resolution map of current land cover and land use. The ecological condition of vegetation types was evaluated using 75 field plots. Structure of landscape was estimated by fragmentation metrics, while functional connectivity was assessed using spatially explicit graph analysis. The extent of suitable habitat for Oreophasis derbianus, Penelopina nigra, and Penelope purpurascens correspond to 25%, 46%, and 55% of the study area (5,185.6 km2), respectively. Although the pine-oak forests were the most fragmented vegetation type, habitats of the three species were well connected, and only 4% to 9% of the fragments located on the periphery of the corridor had low connectivity. Landscape connectivity depends mainly on land uses with an intermediate and lower ecological condition (secondary forests and coffee agroforestry systems). Therefore, we suggest that in addition to promoting the improvement in connectivity in fragmented forests, conservation efforts should be aimed at preventing the conversion of mature forests into agricultural uses and maintaining agroforestry systems.
Publisher: Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications
Language: English;French;German;Portuguese;Spanish
Identifier: ISSN: 1940-0829
EISSN: 1940-0829
DOI: 10.1177/1940082919878827
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Assessment of Habitat Quality and Landscape Connectivity for Forest-Dependent Cracids in the Sierra Madre del Sur Mesoamerican Biological Corridor, México

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