Propuesta Para Decretar La Reserva De La Biosfera El Pinacate Y Gran Desierto De Altar Municipios De Puerto Penasco General Plutarco Elias Calles Y San Luis Rio Colorado Sonora Mexico Analisis Documental

Author : Anna Denisse Fisher de Leon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
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Download or read book Monitoring Vegetation Change in the El Pinacate Y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, Sonora, Mexico (1994-2005). written by Anna Denisse Fisher de Leon and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time of increasing climatological and anthropogenic impacts, managers of Natural Protected Areas in Mexico require monitoring efforts to assess the ecological integrity of their regions and adapt management activities accordingly. However, for many of these areas, like the Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (PBR), the location and extent of land cover impacts are generally unknown. An analysis of the natural vegetation of this area, with the use of several remote sensing techniques, concluded that it continues to be relatively stable at a landscape level. Any perceivable changes appear to be the result of natural vegetative response to climatological factors affecting this protected area. However, these same results show that the plant communities located on the PBR are more sensitive to change, making them especially vulnerable to continuous drought and other impacts due to human activities such as groundwater depletion and mass tourism from nearby communities.