Effects of Environmental Changes on the Occurrence of Oreomunnea mexicana (Juglandaceae) in a Biodiversity Hotspot Cloud Forest

Cecilia Alfonso-Corrado; Francisco Naranjo-Luna; Ricardo Clark-Tapia; Jorge Campos; Octavio Rojas-Soto; María Luna-Krauletz; Barbara Bodenhorn; Montserrat Gorgonio-Ramírez; Nelly Pacheco-Cruz

doi:10.3390/f8080261

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Effects of Environmental Changes on the Occurrence of Oreomunnea mexicana (Juglandaceae) in a Biodiversity Hotspot Cloud Forest

Cecilia Alfonso-Corrado Francisco Naranjo-Luna Ricardo Clark-Tapia Jorge Campos Octavio Rojas-Soto María Luna-Krauletz

Barbara Bodenhorn Montserrat Gorgonio-Ramírez Nelly Pacheco-Cruz

Forests Vol. 8 No. 8 pp. 261 · MDPI AG

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Abstract

The tropical montane cloud forests are recognized as one of the most biodiverse ecosystems. In spite of this, they are among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. This study integrates three ecological approaches generally studied separately: climate change scenery, ecological niche and population dynamics of Oreomunnea mexicana (an endangered and relict species), to understand how environmental change affects the population structure in the cloud forest that will allow its conservation. Potential distribution under future climatic scenarios of the species at national and regional levels was generated from the Maxent algorithm. Also, the current abundance, distribution and the ecological niche of the species were analyzed at the regional level. Changes in potential distribution under two climatic models suggest a habitat reduction from 36% to 55% nationally, and 2% to 9% at a regional level, for 2050 and 2070, respectively. The current distribution of the species is fragmented and consists of subpopulations that have spatial structures of aggregated populations and a size structure in reversed “J” form. The ecological niche of the species is highly specialized and sensitive to environmental changes. O. mexicana is a flagship species of biological and cultural importance to the region’s inhabitants and could be fundamental to the conservation of tropical montane cloud forests.

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Published: Jul 26, 2017
Vol/Issue: 8(8)
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Authors

C

Cecilia Alfonso-Corrado

Universidad de la Sierra Juárez, Avenida Universidad S/N, Ixtlán de Juárez, 68725 Oaxaca, Mexico

F

Francisco Naranjo-Luna

Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Jesús Carranza, Prolongación Miguel Hidalgo 1519, Colonia Centro, Jesús Carranza, 96950 Veracruz, Mexico

R

Ricardo Clark-Tapia

Universidad de la Sierra Juárez, Avenida Universidad S/N, Ixtlán de Juárez, 68725 Oaxaca, Mexico

J

Jorge Campos

Laboratorio de Bioquímica Molecular-Unidad de Biotecnología y Prototipos (UBIPRO), FES-Iztacala, UNAM, Avenida de los Barrios 1, Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlalnepantla de Baz, 54090 Estado de México, Mexico

O

Octavio Rojas-Soto

Laboratorio de Bioclimatología, Red de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología A.C. (INECOL), Carretera antigua a Coatepec, 351, El Haya, Xalapa, 91070 Veracruz, Mexico

M

María Luna-Krauletz

Universidad de la Sierra Juárez, Avenida Universidad S/N, Ixtlán de Juárez, 68725 Oaxaca, Mexico

B

Barbara Bodenhorn

Division of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK

M

Montserrat Gorgonio-Ramírez

Universidad de la Sierra Juárez, Avenida Universidad S/N, Ixtlán de Juárez, 68725 Oaxaca, Mexico

N

Nelly Pacheco-Cruz

Laboratorio de Bioquímica Molecular-Unidad de Biotecnología y Prototipos (UBIPRO), FES-Iztacala, UNAM, Avenida de los Barrios 1, Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlalnepantla de Baz, 54090 Estado de México, Mexico

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Cecilia Alfonso-Corrado, Francisco Naranjo-Luna, Ricardo Clark-Tapia, et al. (2017). Effects of Environmental Changes on the Occurrence of Oreomunnea mexicana (Juglandaceae) in a Biodiversity Hotspot Cloud Forest. Forests, 8(8), 261. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8080261

Effects of Environmental Changes on the Occurrence of Oreomunnea mexicana (Juglandaceae) in a Biodiversity Hotspot Cloud Forest

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