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Flora of Chiapas Part 1. Introduction to the Flora of Chiapas@@@Flora of Chiapas Part 2. Pteridophytes
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Classification of a complex landscape using Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence
TL;DR: The Dempster–Shafer weight of evidence modelling approach led not only to a more accurate classification but also to a richer description of the inherent uncertainty surrounding it.
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Rivers of Mexico
Paul F. Hudson,Dean A. Hendrickson,Arthur C. Benke,Alejandro Varela-Romero,Rocío Rodiles-Hernández,W. L. Minckley +5 more
TL;DR: The physical and biological features of five major Mexican rivers, the Rio Panuco, Usumacinta-Grijalva rivers, Rio Candelaria, the Yaqui, and the Rio Conchos, are discussed in this article.
Los bosques de niebla de México: conservación y restauración de su componente arbóreo
Mario González-Espinosa,Jorge A. Meave,Neptalí Ramírez-Marcial,Tarin Toledo-Aceves,Francisco G. Lorea-Hernández,Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez +5 more
TL;DR: A recent appraisal showed that of a total of 762 tree species that thrive in these forests, at least 60% are in one of the various threat categories defined by the IUCN (23% Vulnerable, 27% Endangered, and 11% Critically Endangered) as discussed by the authors.
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The Cerambycid Fauna of the Tropical Dry Forest of “El Aguacero,” Chiapas, México (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
TL;DR: The fauna of “El Aguacero” was compared with two other similar sites in Mexico, and is more similar to that of Chamela, Jalisco than to those of Huautla, Morelos; sharing 78 species with the first and only 41 with the second.
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Secondary Succession in Montane Pine-Oak Forests of Chiapas, Mexico
TL;DR: In this paper, a chronosequence study was conducted for the region, and floristic replacement delineates major successional trends toward a closely related set of old-growth forest types within a range of altitudinal, climatic and edaphic conditions.
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The importance of weeds in ethnopharmacology.
TL;DR: Data is presented showing the significant representation of weeds in the medicinal floras of the Highland Maya in Chiapas, Mexico and in the Medicinal flora of Native North Americans as a whole.
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Anthropogenic disturbance and tree diversity in Montane Rain Forests in Chiapas, Mexico
TL;DR: The influence of anthropogenic disturbance on forest structure and composition in the highly populated Montane Rain Forests of northern Chiapas, Mexico was studied, with a high number of understory trees species in QPF, and an impoverished composition in PF.
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Biological diversity in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico
Patricia Dávila,Marîa del Coro Arizmendi,Alfonso Valiente-Banuet,José Luis Villaseñor,Alejandro Casas,Rafael Lira +5 more
TL;DR: A general overview of the biological knowledge of the floristic province of the Tehuacan-Cuicatlan Valley in central-southern Mexico is presented in this paper.
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Land use and deforestation in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
TL;DR: Deforestation rates and land-use changes related to environmental factors (slope angle and soil type), in addition to some local population and economic attributes, were estimated from Landsat MSS satellite images of two municipalities of different sizes and for a greater portion of the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico as discussed by the authors.
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Patterns in species richness and distribution of vascular epiphytes in Chiapas, Mexico
TL;DR: Assessment of regional patterns in the distribution and species richness of vascular epiphytes with an emphasis on forests that differ in altitude and the amount of rainfall in Chiapas confirmed the presumed presence of a belt of high diversity at mid-elevations in neotropical mountains.