Seed Dispersal by Cattle: Natural History and Applications to Neotropical Forest Restoration and Agroforestry

Miceli-Mèndez, Clara Luz; Ferguson, Bruce G.; Ramírez‐Marcial, Neptalí

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“…Evaluating effects of livestock on restoration Interactions among livestock, grazing management practices, fire regime, invasive species, and seed dispersal during early stages of succession are poorly investigated with regard to restoration processes (Miceli-Méndez et al 2008). Although it is often assumed that active cattle pastures have little regenerative potential, studies indicate that extensively managed pastures often retain significant regenerative ability.…”

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“…Although fencing off pasture areas around remnant trees can enhance regeneration (Laborde et al 2008), in some cases livestock can potentially assist early stages of forest regeneration by dispersing seed and reducing grass cover and fuel loads, improving site conditions for seedling establishment (Janzen & Martin 1982, Posada et al 2000. Cattle browsing on forest edges, for example, might be managed so as to spread seeds of useful trees in open pasture, improving habitat for birds and insects while diversifying fodder (Miceli-Méndez et al 2008). In a landscape restoration context, these cattle-dispersed trees might then serve as regeneration nuclei, as do remnant trees in pastures (Laborde et al 2008).…”

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Beyond Reserves: A Research Agenda for Conserving Biodiversity in Human‐modified Tropical Landscapes

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To truly understand the current status of tropical diversity and to forecast future trends, we need to increase emphasis on the study of biodiversity in rural landscapes that are actively managed or modified by people. We present an integrated landscape approach to promote research in human-modified landscapes that includes the effects of landscape structure and dynamics on conservation of biodiversity, provision of ecosystem services, and sustainability of rural livelihoods. We propose research priorities encompassing three major areas: biodiversity, human-environment interactions, and restoration ecology. We highlight key areas where we lack knowledge and where additional understanding is most urgent for promoting conservation and sustaining rural livelihoods. Finally, we recommend participatory and multidisciplinary approaches in research and management. Lasting conservation efforts demand new alliances among conservation biologists, agroecologists, agronomists, farmers, indigenous peoples, rural social movements, foresters, social scientists, and land managers to collaborate in research, co-design conservation programs and policies, and manage human-modified landscapes in ways that enhance biodiversity conservation and promote sustainable livelihoods.

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Section: Evaluating Costs and Benefits Of Different Restoration Objecmentioning

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Beyond Reserves: A Research Agenda for Conserving Biodiversity in Human‐modified Tropical Landscapes

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Komar³

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“…Grazing sheep and cattle, in abandoned corn fields, is a common practice that interferes with the recruitment of seedlings and saplings of trees and shrubs, and may lead to the establishment of permanent grasslands (Nahed-Toral, 1989;González-Espinosa et al, 1997). Grazing could also help to re-establish the vegetation structure and food resources that attract wild seed vectors, which in turn affects the seed rain (Miceli-Méndez et al, 2008). In our model we evaluate differentially the presence and intensity of grazing that has left visible evidence in the forests.…”

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A multi-criterion index for the evaluation of local tropical forest conditions in Mexico

Ochoa-Gaona

Kampichler

Jong

et al. 2010

Forest Ecology and Management

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“…Este movimiento del ganado involucra también el movimiento de las diásporas de las plantas que ellos consumen (Miceli-Méndez et al, 2008). Las plantas de amplia distribución, que abundan en ambientes manejados por el hombre, llamadas comúnmente ruderales (Bye, 1993; Villaseñor-Ríos y Espinosa-García, 1998) o malezas, cuando se les considera competidoras en campos agrícolas (CONA-BIO, 2006), son frecuentemente transportadas en la piel y/o heces del ganado.…”

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“…La riqueza de herbáceas nativas fue similar en los tres hábitats evaluados mientras que la riqueza de ruderales fue mayor en la selva perturbada que en la conservada. El movimiento del ganado desde sus sitios de estabulado durante la época de secas, hasta los de alimentación en la selva estacional secundaria durante la época de lluvias (Monroy, 1997;Trujillo, 2009) parecen estar favoreciendo la entrada de especies ruderales que el ganado consume o dispersa en su piel (Miceli-Méndez et al, 2008). Acorde con estos resultados, en pastizales naturales se ha registrado que el aumento en la riqueza de pastos y hierbas se debe en buena parte, a la entrada de especies no nativas (Sternberg et al, 2000;McIntyre et al, 2003).…”

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Efecto de la perturbación en la comunidad de herbáceas nativas y ruderales de una selva estacional Mexicana

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Martínez‐Garza³

2012

Bot. Sci.

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3Autor para la correspondencia: cristina.martinez@uaem.mxResumen: La perturbación de la selva estacional debido a la ganadería extensiva y la extracción de madera altera la comunidad de hierbas. El objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar la riqueza, biomasa, composición y uso tradicional de las herbáceas nativas y ruderales en 120 cuadrantes de 0.25 m 2 distribuidos aleatoriamente en diez sitios de 50 × 50 m: cuatro sitios con selva secundaria excluida de la perturbación por 32 meses, tres sitios con selva secundaria bajo perturbación crónica desde hace > 30 años y tres sitios con selva conservada en la Sierra de Huautla, estado de Morelos, México. La perturbación de la selva estacional ha provocado un cambio en la composición y un aumento en la riqueza de hierbas. La disminución en la densidad de árboles, directamente por extracción o indirectamente por el pastoreo, tuvo un efecto mayor en la riqueza de hierbas al favorecer el establecimiento de ruderales. Sin embargo, dado que se sospecha que el ganado dispersa a las ruderales, probablemente en áreas sin ganado habrá una menor densidad de ruderales aún en un escenario de perturbación por extracción selectiva. Más herbáceas nativas que ruderales tienen algún uso tradicional y el 50% sólo se encontraron en los hábitats secundarios, de donde no han sido desplazadas, aún después de décadas de actividades humanas. La creación de mosaicos de selva conservada, hábitats excluidos y otros bajo uso agropecuario permitirá el mantenimiento de la comunidad de hierbas en coexistencia con las actividades económicas de la región. Palabras claves: conservación, Elytraria imbricada, exclusiones, manejo de hierbas, Opizia stolonifera, riqueza, Sierra de Huautla.Abstract: Disturbance in dry forests due to cattle ranching and wood extraction alters the herbaceous community. The objective of this study was to evaluate species richness, biomass, composition, and traditional use of native and ruderal herbs in 120 0.25 m 2 plots distributed at random in ten sites of 50 × 50 m: four sites in secondary forest excluded from disturbance during 32 months, three sites in secondary forest under chronic disturbance during > 30 years, and three sites in preserved forest in the Sierra de Huautla, state of Morelos, Mexico. Disturbance in the dry forest has resulted in changes in herbaceous composition and increase of richness. The decrease in the tree density due directly to wood extraction or indirectly to cattle ranching had a larger effect on herbaceous richness because it favors the establishment of ruderal herbs. However, given that the cattle is probably the dispersal agent of these species, a lower richness of ruderal herbs is expected in areas without cattle ranching even under disturbance by selective extraction of wood. More native than ruderal herbs had a traditional use and 50% of them were only found in the secondary forest; these native species had not been replaced from this habitat even after decades of disturbance. The establishment of mosaics that include preserved forest, fo...

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Seed Dispersal by Cattle: Natural History and Applications to Neotropical Forest Restoration and Agroforestry

Cited by 16 publications

References 52 publications

Beyond Reserves: A Research Agenda for Conserving Biodiversity in Human‐modified Tropical Landscapes

Beyond Reserves: A Research Agenda for Conserving Biodiversity in Human‐modified Tropical Landscapes

A multi-criterion index for the evaluation of local tropical forest conditions in Mexico

Efecto de la perturbación en la comunidad de herbáceas nativas y ruderales de una selva estacional Mexicana

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