Flora en playas y dunas costeras de México

Espejel, Ileana; Jiménez-Orocio, Oscar; Castillo‐Campos, Gonzalo; Garcillán, Pedro P.; Alvarez, Lucero; Castillo-Argüero, Silvia; Durán, Rafael; Ferrer, Merari; Mata, Dulce Infante; Iriarte, Silvia; Luz, José Luis León de la; Rosas, Hugo López; Narváez, Alfonso Medel; Monroy, R. Martín; Moreno‐Casasola, Patricia; Rebman, Jon P.; Rodríguez-Revelo, Natalia; Sánchez-Escalante, José Jesús; Vanderplank, Sula E.

doi:10.21829/abm121.2017.1290

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“…Los manglares del NO representan el 5 % de la superficie nacional (CONABIO 2009), con escasas especies en su flora, pero son ecológicamente muy importantes como centros de generación de vida marina en la región, considerada la más rica en productividad biológica y, en consecuencia, la de mayor actividad pesquera del país. También, las playas y dunas costeras se encuentran en un severo riesgo debido a las diversas actividades asociadas a mega-desarrollos turísticos, como en el corredor de Los Cabos BCS y la zona de Puerto Peñasco, en SON (Espejel et al 2017).…”

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El conocimiento florístico actual del Noroeste de México: desarrollo, recuento y análisis del endemismo

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Rebman

Devender³

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Bot. Sci.

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Background: Floristic knowledge of Northwestern (NW) Mexico was mainly carried out by American botanists until the first half of XX century.Question: Do the ancient and recent botanical explorations carried out in the study area, are already enough to document in a conclusive way both the floristic and structural composition?Methods: The authors are botanists and managers of the herbaria included in the floristic compilation (BCMEX, HCIB, SD, and USON), each herbarium has been devoted to document the flora of the states of NW Mexico in the last three decades. The floristic information was obtained mainly of the herbaria databases (around 110,000 entries), historic bibliographic information and recent collects from the same authors. The databases consulted are composed by 27,117 collect sites.Results: The final database obtained consists of 5,865 taxa at the species level and intraspecific categories. By state, Sonora is the most biodiverse with 3,762 taxa, Baja California has 2,583 and Baja California Sur has 2,070. The Mexican NW is relatively poor in total number of species, but the number of endemic taxa is high. Within this region there are 941 endemic species, where 294, 391, and 79 correspond to the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Sonora, respectively; in addition, there are 177 endemic species shared among these three states. The NW region also has 18 endemic genera, included in 10 families.Conclusions: As result of this review, there is excellent floristic knowledge background for NW Mexico, but there are still geographic areas still inaccessible, which includes all kind of topography, that explored could increase the total flora and endemism rate. Presently, the climate change put into risk the species survival, and hence it is a priority that conservation programs be established especially in terms of endemic species, since many of them have a restricted geographical distribution.

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El conocimiento florístico actual del Noroeste de México: desarrollo, recuento y análisis del endemismo

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Rebman

Devender³

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“…The extent, spatial distribution, and condition of coastal dunes along the coasts of Mexico were described in detail by [49] (information is available upon request), based on field information and aerial images. In addition, the extensive work by several authors (see references cited by [49][50][51][52]. In [50,52], the flora from the Mexican beaches and coastal dunes was sampled throughout Mexican coasts and resulted in a detailed revision of plant specimens, which safeguards herbaria collections from several Mexican institutions.…”

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New Beach Landscapes to Promote Social Distancing and Coastal Conservation during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic that has altered practically all human activities worldwide. Since the pandemic started at the beginning of 2020, infections have fluctuated drastically over time. It is difficult to predict how this situation will evolve in the coming months/years or when a return to some semblance of 'normal' activity might occur. Because of global lock-up and distancing measures, the beaches, otherwise filled with tourists, first emptied and then had a reduced density of visitors owing to a wide variety of social-distancing measures. Therefore, new safety protocols need to include a wide range of aspects, such as epidemiological conditions, socioeconomic realities, and ecological contexts in which the pandemic occurs. Here, we propose new nature-based landscapes for sandy beaches to help maintain the social distancing of beach visitors while beaches and dunes are restored. When sufficient sediment is available, the maintenance and restoration of healthy beaches with incipient dunes and vegetation will help reduce contagion, promote human health, and recover natural ecosystems.

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“…In addition to their importance at the ecosystem level, coastal dune systems are of socio-economic value given the tourism and urbanization observed around this environment [23]. However, despite being under constant pressure from anthropogenic and natural disturbances, in Mexico, these systems are not included in any specific protection scheme for their conservation [24]. Of the 808,711 ha of coastal dunes present in the country, it has been estimated that 46% have been transformed by agricultural use or urbanization [25].…”

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“…Studies examining the beaches and coastal dunes of Mexico have mainly focused on the ecology and vegetation in terms of distribution, interactions, and reproduction (e.g., [26][27][28][29][30][31][32]), revealing important gaps in the knowledge such as outdated inventories of their flora and fauna [24,33]. Research topics that involve the environmental perceptions of the communities focus on the environmental and social impacts of the tourism developed on the beaches of Mexico (e.g., [34][35][36][37]), overlooking the ways of life that arise around the uses and management practices that impact coastal dunes.…”

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Perceptions and Social Values Regarding the Ecosystem Services of Beaches and Coastal Dunes in Yucatán, Mexico

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The ecosystem services (ESs) approach has been used as a powerful tool for the analysis of socio-ecological systems to investigate the relationship between society and the environment. The aim of this article is to analyze the social perceptions of stakeholders, forms of use (sociocultural and economic), and the conservation of beaches and coastal dunes in Yucatán, Mexico. Interviews were held with focus groups to analyze the forms of use, social perceptions of stakeholders, and the conservation of beaches and coastal dunes in Yucatán, Mexico. The results indicate that these ecosystems are important to different types of activities related to regulating, provisioning, and cultural services. However, degradation is identified as a consequence of contamination and land-use change. The main identified threats are natural phenomena, followed by the presence of garbage, human presence in natural environments, infrastructure construction, and privatization of beaches. The opinions (e.g., conservation, ecosystem services provision, drivers of change), emotions (e.g., joy, fear, sadness), and knowledge of the local community and tourists with respect to these ecosystems were evidenced. In general, there is an absence of conservation and sustainable management projects. However, community perceptions provide an opportunity to outline public conservation strategies in which the community, as a component of these socio-ecosystems, can be fully involved in their implementation.

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Flora en playas y dunas costeras de México

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El conocimiento florístico actual del Noroeste de México: desarrollo, recuento y análisis del endemismo

El conocimiento florístico actual del Noroeste de México: desarrollo, recuento y análisis del endemismo

New Beach Landscapes to Promote Social Distancing and Coastal Conservation during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Perceptions and Social Values Regarding the Ecosystem Services of Beaches and Coastal Dunes in Yucatán, Mexico

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