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Latin America is a megadiverse territory hosting several hotspots
of plant diversity and many types of forest biomes, ecosystems and
climate types, from tropical rainforest to semi-arid woodlands.
This combination of diverse forests and climates generates multiple
responses to ecological changes affecting the structure and
functioning of forest ecosystems. Recently, there have been major
efforts to improve our understanding of such impacts on ecosystems
processes. However, there is a dearth of studies focused on
Latin-American forest ecosystems that could provide novel insights
into the patterns and mechanisms of ecological processes in
response to environmental stress. The abundance of "New World" tree
species with dendrochronological potential constitutes an ideal
opportunity to improve the ecological state of knowledge regarding
these diverse forest types, which are often threatened by several
impacts such as logging or conversion to agricultural lands. Thus,
detailed information on the dendroecology of these species will
improve our understanding of forests in the face of global change.
Accordingly, this book identifies numerous relevant ecological
processes and scales, ranging from tree species to populations and
communities, and from both dendrochronological and dendroecological
perspectives. It offers a valuable reference guide for the
exploration of long-term ecological interactions between trees and
their environmental conditions, and will foster further research
and international projects on the continent and elsewhere.
Latin America is a megadiverse territory hosting several hotspots
of plant diversity and many types of forest biomes, ecosystems and
climate types, from tropical rainforest to semi-arid woodlands.
This combination of diverse forests and climates generates multiple
responses to ecological changes affecting the structure and
functioning of forest ecosystems. Recently, there have been major
efforts to improve our understanding of such impacts on ecosystems
processes. However, there is a dearth of studies focused on
Latin-American forest ecosystems that could provide novel insights
into the patterns and mechanisms of ecological processes in
response to environmental stress. The abundance of "New World" tree
species with dendrochronological potential constitutes an ideal
opportunity to improve the ecological state of knowledge regarding
these diverse forest types, which are often threatened by several
impacts such as logging or conversion to agricultural lands. Thus,
detailed information on the dendroecology of these species will
improve our understanding of forests in the face of global change.
Accordingly, this book identifies numerous relevant ecological
processes and scales, ranging from tree species to populations and
communities, and from both dendrochronological and dendroecological
perspectives. It offers a valuable reference guide for the
exploration of long-term ecological interactions between trees and
their environmental conditions, and will foster further research
and international projects on the continent and elsewhere.
Esta obra contiene los resultados del Proyecto de Ordenamiento
Ecologico de la Laguna de Santiaguillo, Nuevo Ideal, Dgo; el cual
fue financiado por el U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service y coordinado
por el Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. con la participacion de
diferentes instituciones academicas y gubernamentales locales. Uno
de los valores mas importantes de la Laguna de Santiaguillo, por la
biodiversidad que alberga, es que forma parte de la Ruta Central,
uno de los grandes sistemas de migracion que las aves acuaticas
utilizan para desplazarse de sus cuarteles de reproduccion a los de
invernacion. Esta ruta incluye la parte Norte de la Altiplanicie
Mexicana, en donde destaca, entre otros importantes cuerpos de agua
dulce, la Laguna de Santiaguillo por la gran poblacion de aves
acuaticas migratorias que soporta durante la temporada invernal. Se
han hecho estimaciones, de aproximadamente 21,000 individuos entre
grullas, gansos, patos, cercetas y gallaretas, ademas de una gran
cantidad de aves zancudas y limicolas. La Laguna de Santiaguillo
recientemente ha sido decretada como el primer Sitio Ramsar en el
Estado de Durango, Mexico.
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