Effects of Environmental Changes on the Occurrence of Oreomunnea mexicana (Juglandaceae) in a Biodiversity Hotspot Cloud Forest
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Study Species
2.3. Potential Distribution and Future Climate Scenarios to Regional and National Level
2.4. Abundance, Density and Spatial and Static Size Stage Distributions at Regional Level
2.5. Analysis of the O. mexicana Niche
3. Results
3.1. Potential Distribution and Future Climate Scenarios
3.2. Abundance, Density, Age Structure and Spatial Distribution at Regional Level
3.3. Analysis of the Oreomunnea mexicana Niche
4. Discussion
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | Inertia | OMI | T1 | T2 | P |
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O. mexicana (Omx) | 18.05 | 10.87 | 7.26 | 8.69 | 0.03 * |
L. styraciflua (Lqs) | 29.7 | 0.115 | 14.5 | 28.8 | 0.45 NS |
S. horrida (Sho) | 24.4 | 0.048 | 14.5 | 9.22 | 0.36 NS |
P. chiapensis (Pch) | 31.2 | 1.06 | 11.0 | 19.1 | 0.35 NS |
Q. corrugata (Qcr) | 23.9 | 7.38 | 6.42 | 10.1 | 0.02 * |
Q. laurina (Qlr) | 29.7 | 2.35 | 9.31 | 17.1 | 0.29 NS |
C. integerrima (Cit) | 26.3 | 0.122 | 13.6 | 18.26 | 0.48 NS |
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Alfonso-Corrado, C.; Naranjo-Luna, F.; Clark-Tapia, R.; Campos, J.E.; Rojas-Soto, O.R.; Luna-Krauletz, M.D.; Bodenhorn, B.; Gorgonio-Ramírez, M.; Pacheco-Cruz, N. Effects of Environmental Changes on the Occurrence of Oreomunnea mexicana (Juglandaceae) in a Biodiversity Hotspot Cloud Forest. Forests 2017, 8, 261. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8080261
Alfonso-Corrado C, Naranjo-Luna F, Clark-Tapia R, Campos JE, Rojas-Soto OR, Luna-Krauletz MD, Bodenhorn B, Gorgonio-Ramírez M, Pacheco-Cruz N. Effects of Environmental Changes on the Occurrence of Oreomunnea mexicana (Juglandaceae) in a Biodiversity Hotspot Cloud Forest. Forests. 2017; 8(8):261. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8080261
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlfonso-Corrado, Cecilia, Francisco Naranjo-Luna, Ricardo Clark-Tapia, Jorge E. Campos, Octavio R. Rojas-Soto, María Delfina Luna-Krauletz, Barbara Bodenhorn, Montserrat Gorgonio-Ramírez, and Nelly Pacheco-Cruz. 2017. "Effects of Environmental Changes on the Occurrence of Oreomunnea mexicana (Juglandaceae) in a Biodiversity Hotspot Cloud Forest" Forests 8, no. 8: 261. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8080261