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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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This article is published in Kew Bulletin.The article was published on 1983-01-01. It has received 111 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Flora.read more
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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.
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Habitat, distribution and status of the Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi in Mexico
Melanie F. Heath,Adrian J. Long +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used field surveys and more general data from vegetation maps combined with a geographical information system package to extrapolate and predict distribution of potential Azure-rumped Tanager habitat in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas.
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Five new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from New Guinea.
Neil Snow,Lyn A. Craven +1 more
TL;DR: Five new species of Syzygium are described from the island of New Guinea, four of which are considered Vulnerable, and one of which is considered Endangered, and the conservation status following IUCN guidelines is proposed.
Catálogo de las orquídeas de Chiapas
TL;DR: The catalogo actualizado de las Orquideas de Chiapas, Mexico as discussed by the authors consists of 148 generos and 717 especies, constituye 61.3% of the total population of Mexico.
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The Legacy of Pre–Columbian Fire on the Pine–Oak Forests of Upland Guatemala
William J. Harvey,Sandra Nogué,Nathan D. Stansell,Gillian Petrokofsky,Byron A. Steinman,Katherine J. Willis +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the natural baseline vegetation of the region, when human impact and agrarian practices began in the Maya uplands, and what impacts the Maya had on forest structure, composition, and successional regeneration.
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Efectos del “Método de Desarrollo Silvícola” sobre la diversidad arbórea en bosques húmedos de montaña del norte de Chiapas, México
Ricardo Irving Pérez-López,Mario González-Espinosa,Neptalí Ramírez-Marcial,Tarin Toledo-Aceves +3 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the efectos of the "Metodo de Desarrollo Silvicola" (MDS) sobre the importancia relativa of especies arboras (VIR), the cobertura del dosel, the diversidad and the composicion arboreas a lo largo of a ciclo of tratamientos of silvicolas vs. un bosque sin manejo (SM) in fragmentos of bosques humedos de montana del norte de Chiapas, Mexico.