Manuel E. Mendoza

Manuel E. Mendoza
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  • PhD (Earth Science)
  • Senior Researcher at National Autonomous University of Mexico

I am carrying out research about geomorphic hazards by applying dendrochronological techniques and spatial modeling

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Introduction
I am a physical geographer and Senior Researcher at the IGUM-UNAM and CNRH-SFU (ad honorem). I have more than 30 years of professional experience, 20 at UNAM. I do research about spatial planning and natural resources management based on geomorphologic, hydrologic, dendrochronologic, and landscape ecology knowledge, as well as intensive use of remote sensing products, GIS, and statistical techniques. Currently, I am the president of the Mexican Society of Geomorphologist.
Current institution
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Current position
  • Senior Researcher
Additional affiliations
September 2023 - August 2024
Simon Fraser University
Position
  • Research Professor
Description
  • During my sabbatical stay, I am conducting research on the reconstruction of debris flows in Chilliwack, Canada, based on dendrogeomorphological approaches. I will provide guest lectures in relevant classes, such as terrain Analysis and Quaternary Geology, participate in local field trips, and give talks in the Departmental seminar series.
October 2022 - present
Simon Fraser University
Position
  • Senior Researcher (ad honorem)
Description
  • My research involves spatial planning and natural resources management and hazard evaluation based on geomorphological, hydrological, dendrochronological, and landscape ecology knowledge, based on the intensive use of remote sensing products, GIS, and statistical techniques.
January 2019 - May 2019
Texas A&M University
Position
  • Professor
Description
  • Visiting professor, I am giving lectures in Environmental Geology and doing research on dendrogeomorphology
Education
September 1999 - December 2002
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Field of study
  • Regional Geomophology and Hydrology, RS and GIS
January 1994 - December 1995
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Field of study
  • Ecology, conservation and natural resources management
September 1987 - July 1991
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Field of study
  • Geography (Geomorphology)

Publications

Publications (191)
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Stawamus Chief Provincial Park, north of Vancouver, British Columbia, is a popular climbing and hiking destination affected by frequent, potentially hazardous rockfalls. This study documents the recent rockfall history below the North Wall of Stawamus Chief using dendrogeomorphological methods, providing a case study ‘proof-of-concept’ of the use o...
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RESUMEN Los desastres causados por precipitaciones extremas han aumentado a nivel mundial en magnitud y frecuencia. El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar cómo se han aplicado técnicas dendrocronológicas en la estimación de peligros asociados a eventos pluviométricos (inundaciones y remoción en masa) en zonas de montaña. Se realizó la búsque...
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Based on a review of research, the linkages between distributed hydrological modelling(DHM), remote sensing(RS) and geographical information system(GIS) techniques coupled with geomorphological knowledge are discussed. While presenting characteristics of the models, techniques and supporting analystical tools of geographical hydrology, the emphasis...
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We analysed land cover change processes over a 28-year time period in Central Mexico, by means of integration of existing databases of land cover and land use (1975 and 2000), and updating through visual interpretation of Landsat MSS and ETM + satellite images and orthophotos (1986, 1996 and 2003). Multitemporal analyses included mapping, evaluatio...
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Changes in the water-surface area occupied by the Cuitzeo Lake, Mexico, during the 1974–2001 period are analysed in this study. The research is based on remote sensing and geographic information techniques, as well as statistical analysis. High-resolution satellite image data were used to analyse the 1974–2000 period, and very low-resolution satell...
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Durante el año 2010 se produjeron lluvias extremas en el centro-occidente del país. Las condiciones de humedad desencadenaron una serie de Procesos de Remoción en Masa (PRM) en la Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca (RBMM). El objetivo principal de este trabajo fue caracterizar las unidades geomorfológicas resultantes del PRM en la cañada del r...
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Los procesos de remoción en masa en zonas de montañas intertropicales son peligros geomorfológicos recurrentes, los cuales principalmente son detonados por precipitaciones torrenciales y sismos. Sus efectos llegan a ser desastrosos en función de la cercanía con los asentamientos humanos y sus actividades económicas. Comprender su comportamiento es...
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El lago de Cuitzeo es el segundo lago más grande de México, y debido a su poca profundidad se reconoce como uno de los humedales más importantes del país para la conservación de la biodiversidad. El lago se ha visto afectado por las actividades antropogénicas que se realizan en los centros urbanos localizados dentro de la cuenca y se pueden observa...
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En México, más del 50% de los desastres que ocurren anualmente en el país son desencadenados por fenómenos de origen hidrometeorológico. Uno de los principales peligros hidrogeomorfológicos desencadenados por eventos de precipitación pluvial en zonas montañosas son los procesos de remoción en masa (PRM). El desarrollo de este tipo de eventos depend...
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Los patrones de crecimiento anual de los anillos de los árboles representan una fuente crucial de información ambiental, permitiendo abordar su variabilidad a nivel micro y macroscópico. En los últimos quince años ha surgido un énfasis en los estudios dendrogeomorfológicos, especialmente con relación a los deslizamientos de tierra; sin embargo, en...
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El uso del fuego forestal y agropecuario está regulado por la normatividad ambiental, principalmente bajo un enfoque restrictivo para prevenir incendios forestales. En este estudio se realizó una revisión sistemática de la normatividad federal y estatal que regula el uso del fuego forestal y agropecuario en México. En primer lugar, se identificaron...
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Study region: This review examines seawater intrusion in Mexico's coastal aquifers. Study focus: The review synthesizes current knowledge on seawater intrusion in Mexican coastal aquifers, documented since the 1980s. The study shows case studies including the extent of seawater intrusion, driving forces, and mitigation strategies. It reviews the co...
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Ecological value (EV) refers to the intrinsic values of a landscape based on the assessment of five criteria: biodiversity, vulnerability, fragmentation, connec-tivity, and resilience. While many studies use remote sensing for EV assessment , few incorporate fieldwork data. In our research, we present a novel methodology involving field data collec...
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Debris flows are one of the most hazardous and frequent landslides in mountainous regions. In this research, we apply dendrogeomorphological techniques to analyze the debris flow that occurred in February 2010 in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in central Mexico. Firstly, analyzed precipitation data from two nearby meteorological stations h...
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Ecological value (EV) is a term used to characterize the biotic or abiotic elements of a landscape, excluding human influence. Significant criteria for EV estimation can be grouped into two categories: ecological properties (biodiversity and vulnerability) and functional/structural features (fragmentation, connectivity, and resilience). While vario...
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Objetivo: El Valor Ecológico (EV) es un término utilizado para caracterizar los elementos bióticos o abióticos de un paisaje, excluyendo la influencia humana. Los criterios significativos para la estimación del EV pueden agruparse en dos categorías: propiedades ecológicas (biodiversidad y vulnerabilidad) y características funcionales/estructurales...
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El presente libro reúne una serie de trabajos cuidadosamente seleccionados, los cuales fueron presentados por estudiantes e investigadores de México y Latinoamérica dentro del marco del Primer Simposio Nacional sobre Estudios en Conectividad del Paisaje. El Simposio se desarrolló en el Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental de la Universi...
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Los estudios orientados al análisis de la diversidad alfa y beta, particularmente en el Bosque Mesófilo de Montaña (bmm) han sido descritos de manera limi-tada. Actualmente, este ecosistema ha sido altamente fragmentado, lo que ha generado una disminución en su superficie original y en los cambios estructurales del bosque. Por ello, es necesario de...
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El presente libro reúne una serie de trabajos cuidadosamente seleccionados, los cuales fueron presentados por estudiantes e investigadores de México y Latinoamérica dentro del marco del Primer Simposio Nacional sobre Estudios en Conectividad del Paisaje. El Simposio se desarrolló en el Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental de la Universi...
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Los Bosques Mesófilos de Montaña son comunidades vegetales que se caracterizan por su estructura, afinidad florística y diversidad en la composición de especies. El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar espacialmente la fragmentación progresiva del bosque para los años 1995, 2013 y 2018. Las bases de datos de cobertura de vegetación se generaron a p...
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La caída de rocas en zonas montañosas es un fenómeno geomorfológico impredecible y representa una amenaza a elementos naturales y antrópicos del paisaje. Este trabajo se desarrolló en el parque provincial de Stawamus Chief en la Columbia Británica, Canadá. El objetivo de la investigación fue evaluar la frecuencia de la caída de rocas mediante la ap...
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Los desastres provocados por eventos extremos del clima, en particular las precipitaciones, están aumentando a nivel mundial tanto en magnitud como en frecuencia. Los peligros asociados a eventos hidrometeorológicos intensos pueden conducir a desastres, cuyos resultados están condicionados por factores físicos o sociales. Por ello, la evaluación de...
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La geomorfología es una disciplina que se ocupa del origen, evolución y distribución de los accidentes geográficos. Su objetivo es describir y explicar cómo se forman y cambian las características del paisaje. La evidencia geomórfica es fundamental para comprender eventos pasados y evaluar riesgos naturales. La Dendrogeomorfología es una rama espe...
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La constante presión de las actividades antropogénicas ha generado que los fragmentos del bosque de niebla (BN) tengan un patrón de isla rodeadas por una matriz de actividades socioeconómicas. La conservación de este ecosistema es clave por su alta diversidad biológica que representa con relación a su extensión territorial en México y a nivel globa...
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Fir forests (Abies, Pinaceae) are dominant in temperate regions of North America; however, they have experienced high degradation rates that can threaten their long-term continuity. This study aimed to identify the priority areas for the conservation of the genus Abies in North America. First, we modeled the species distribution of the 17 native sp...
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Los estudios sobre conectividad del paisaje han tenido una mayor importancia en los últimos años, además de tener un contexto internacional y político que brinda oportunidades para crear sitios prioritarios o áreas protegidas para lograr la conservación de los recursos naturales, los servicios ecosistémicos y la biodiversidad.
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The constant pressure of anthropogenic activities has generated that the cloud forest fragments (BN) have an island pattern surrounded by a matrix of socioeconomic activities. The conservation of this ecosystem is key due to its high biological diversity that it represents in relation to its territorial extension in Mexico and globally. The objecti...
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Mean fire interval (MFI) is the average time between successive fires, influenced by environmental factors such as latitude, elevation, and vegetation type. This study evaluated the relationship between MFI and latitude in conifer forests of western North America. First, we obtained pre-fire-disruption MFI data from dendrochronology-based fire hist...
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The impact of volcanic eruptions on humans and infrastructure has been significant and widely documented. However, the impact on forests covered by ash or tephra has not been as widely known or documented. This research evaluated the ashfall effects of the 1943-1952 Parícutin eruption on the radial growth of trees located near the top and flanks of...
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Landslides in intertropical mountainous areas of Mexico are a natural hazard that could potentially generate a disaster. Despite this, many areas lack landslide inventories, making it difficult to monitor and efficiently manage the associated risks for local populations. For this reason, the aim of this research was to undertake a multitemporal lan...
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Fire scar analysis is a fundamental tool for reconstructing fire regimes in conifer forests. However, little is known about fire scar properties in tropical montane conifers, where some assumptions limit dendroecological research. These include that fir species do not exhibit external fire scars and that pines without external fire scars have not e...
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The application of dendrochronology for understanding climatic variations has been of great interest to climatologists, ecologists, geographers, archeologists, among other sciences, particularly in recent decades when more dendrochronological studies have been developed. We analyzed and identified the current state and recent advances in dendroclim...
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Actualmente, el ser humano ha rebasado la capacidad de resistencia de los ecosistemas ante disturbios ecológicos a nivel mundial. Los impactos antropogénicos sobre el planeta durante siglos han ocasionado la transformación de bosques y selvas a un ritmo acelerado y sin precedentes a diferentes escalas, principalmente por los cambios en el uso del s...
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Background and objective: The global average surface temperature increased by about 0.6°C, and the global sea level increased by 15 to 20 cm during the last century. As the temperature rise, crops and forests will experience failure. In Baja California, Mexico, there is no systematic evaluation of the spatial variability of future temperature and p...
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Over the last few decades, the impact of landslides has increased in Latin America. However, there is a deficiency in the region of diagnostic studies on landslide hazards. This review analyzes the state of the art of studies on landslide hazard occurred in Latin America. A search for articles published from 2000 to 2019 was carried out in Scopus,...
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The "Ecological Value" (EV) term has been spread in the literature since 1860; however, there is no consensus on its definition and the criteria for its assessment. To identify, assess and summarize the main definitions, criteria, indicators and applications behind the EV term, we performed a systematic literature review of 209 articles published o...
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Background and objective: The SVM algorithm is an applied method that has been considered in recent years to study landslides. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the mapping power of the GIS-based SVM model with kernel functions analysis for spatial prediction of landslides at the Ilam dam watershed. Materials and methods: According to r...
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Landslides are one of the most common and destructive natural hazards in the world. The Sierra-Costa region in the southwestern part of the Michoacán state, Mexico, is prone to landslides because of its physiography, geology, and climate. In particular, the area is prone to shallow landslides in the weathered rock that is triggered by heavy rainfal...
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Los estudios enfocados a la conectividad del paisaje son actualmente claves para la planificación de la conservación de los ecosistemas; sin embargo, sólo un número limitado de estudios proporcionan datos empíricos sobre los beneficios de la conectividad en la conservación de los ecosistemas terrestres. En este estudio, se analizaron las publicacio...
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Actualmente la conectividad del paisaje es una herramienta clave para la conservación de la biodiversidad. Existen estudios limitados que proporcionan datos empíricos sobre los beneficios de esta herramienta para la conservación de los ecosistemas.
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How tree growth responds to climate is determined by temperature and water availability, but climate change is causing shifts in forest growth that could be evaluated through tree-ring growth studies given that it is annual radial increase is influenced by interannual and multiannual climatic variations. We evaluated the influence of oceanic-atmosp...
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En el presente trabajo se analizan las siete condiciones que de acuerdo con Platón deben de cumplirse para establecer una ciudad y que aparecen en el mandato del 23 de abril de 1541 en que el Virrey Antonio de Mendoza ordena la construcción de la Ciudad de Morelia: 1.- Se localiza en una loma por donde de todas partes se sube y los edificios están...
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En torno a la ciudad de Morelia desde su fundación hasta la época actual se han escrito numerosos estudios, crónicas e investigaciones. Historiadores, economistas, urbanistas, biólogos, geofísicos entre muchos otros, han provisto de datos y análisis relevantes para entender la conformación y los procesos que le dan un carácter particular a est...
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The El Estribo Volcanic Complex, located to the south of Pátzcuaro Lake (Central Mexico), forms an elevation based on a shield volcano crowned by a cinder cone. Two debris avalanches, dated at 28,000 and 14,000 ybp, cover an area of 4 km 2 with a typical hummocky topography. The zone is a state natural protected area with no previous studies of haz...
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The El Estribo Volcanic Complex, located to the south of Pátzcuaro Lake (Central Mexico), forms an elevation based on a shield volcano crowned by a cinder cone. Two debris avalanches, dated at 28,000 and 14,000 ybp, cover an area of 4 km2 with a typical hummocky topography. The zone is a state natural protected area with no previous studies of haza...
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The determination of aquaculture criteria indicated for the development of the activity allows identifying the inherent capacities of the sites to be used for this purpose. In this study the hierarchical analysis process was used in order to evaluate the relative importance of the criteria defined based on the opinion of 12 experts on the subject....
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Análisis de cambio en la cobertura vegetal y uso del suelo en la región centro-norte de México. El caso de la cuenca baja del río Nazas
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Volcanic activity can have a significant effect on the growth and survival of trees. The objective of our research was to analyze the effects of the 1855–1856 eruption of the Tacaná volcano and the ashfall from the 1902 eruption of the Santa María volcano, Guatemala, on the radial growth of trees at Tacaná. Dendrochronological sampling was carried...
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El ensayo plantea una reflexión sobre potenciales temas de investigación actuales y futuros en GF y que estos sean útiles para la planificación del territorio. Ciertamente la reflexión planteada contendrá limitaciones y sesgos propios del quehacer geográfico desarrollado por los autores en el tema. Considerando la importancia de evaluar la oferta a...
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Los “bosques mesófilos de montaña” son ecosistemas que se caracterizan por el nivel de estratos arbóreos, abundantes helechos y epífitas. Actualmente esta formación vegetal se encuentra en forma de relictos en algunas de las cañadas del país, por lo que es importante conservar este ecosistema que ocupa menos de 1% del territorio nacional y que tien...
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The "tropical mountain cloud forest" are ecosystems characterized by the level of tree strata, abundant ferns and epiphytes. Currently this type of vegetation exists in the form of relicts in some of the country's glens, so it is important to conserve this ecosystem that occupies less than 1% of the national territory and has a high value in the fa...
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In the framework of a landslide inventory map of the Sierra Costa Region, we identified and classified landslides on the basis of extensive field-verified aerial photo interpretation. Geological and geomorphological data were gathered to assess the spatial distribution of the landslides, occurrence characteristics and possible associated risk. Of t...
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Implementing and monitoring long-term conservation strategies demands identifying priorities for preserving landscape connectivity. In this manuscript, we present an approach to prioritize areas for preserving landscape connectivity by using the landscape matrix in central-western Mexico and the connectivity for habitat patches considering ensemble...
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Cloud forests in are under land use change pressure worldwide. These forests are key in water flow regulation ecosystem services. We measured stemflow generation in a seasonally dry montane cloud forest in Central Mexico. Species with largest stemflow yield were; Clethra mexicana, Pinus leiophylla, Ilex brandegeana and Cornus disciflora in the matu...
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Key message Pinus cembroides exhibits an excellent potential for dendrochronological studies on the basis of statistical parameters and its response to climatic variables, in particular seasonal winter–spring precipitation. Abstract Studies of forest growth under induced climatic variations allow estimating the intensity of impacts on forest ecosy...
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Erosion prediction models recreate past scenarios, assess future ones and determine the best explanatory variables of the soil erosion process. They are widely used and contribute valuable data for landscape management. This paper presents an estimation of soil erosion in the Teotihuacan Valley basin in central Mexico, assessing its response to bio...
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Riparian systems have been included as a key component in ecosystem management because of their role in buffering the impact of land-use activities on fluvial systems. Riparian knowledge can be enhanced with a typology that reflects the multiple relationships occurring throughout the landscape. We propose a hierarchical procedure based on biophysic...
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Earlywood (EW) and latewood (LW) chronologies can be used to analyze seasonal climatic variation. We constructed and analyzed total ring (RW), EW, and LW ring growth in Abies religiosa and Pinus pseudostrobus trees from the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve and evaluated their climatic signal (monthly precipitation and mean average, minimum and m...
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This article has two objectives: (1) provide a conceptual framework of volcanic risk, and (2) review research conducted since 1995 to define the prospects and challenges that exist in this science. A search by title, abstract, and keywords for the phrases "volcanic risk", "volcanic hazard" and "volcanic vulnerability" returned 161 articles in 39 jo...
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En los últimos años los humedales costeros de Jalisco, han sufrido transformaciones en las confluencias y en las cuencas a los que están asociados. El esquema de la gestión costera sugiere incluir la zona de estudio y las áreas adyacentes en un mismo sistema. Por lo tanto, este trabajo plantea analizar los procesos de Cambio de Cobertura y Uso del...
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The recovery of vegetation cover is a process that has important implications for the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Generally, the recovery of vegetation cover is documented over large areas using remote sensing, and it is often assumed that ecosystem properties and processes recover along with remotely sensed canopy cover. H...
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Landscape connectivity is essential in biodiversity conservation because of its ability to reduce the effect of habitat fragmentation; furthermore is a key property in adapting to climate change. Potential distribution models and landscape connectivity studies have increased with regard to their utility to prioritizing areas for conservation. The o...
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The Biosphere Reserve Zicuirán-Infiernillo established due to its extraordinary richness in bio- and geo-diversity; however, the region is characterized by a high degree of marginalization of the people. This map aims to show the intensity of land-use change and the impact on the natural vegetation. By visual interpretation of satellite images and...
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Evaluating the cumulative effects of the human footprint on landscape connectivity is crucial for implementing policies for the appropriate management and conservation of landscapes. We present an adjusted multidimensional spatial human footprint index (SHFI) to analyze the effects of landscape trans-formation on the remnant habitat connectivity fo...
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The index of the vulnerability of the Yucatecan karstic aquifer (IVAKY) is proposed. The IVAKY was built based on a geomorphopedological map scale of 1:50 000, which contains the density and type of karst depressions and soil associations in each geomorphopedological unit. The climate factor is included through the length of the rainy period that c...
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De acuerdo con CONAGUA (2010) México se compone 731 cuencas, en ellas, la disponibilidad del agua superficial se puede evaluar con alguno de los métodos contenidos en la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-011-CNA-2015. El presente trabajo pone énfasis en la estimación de la evapotranspiración como agente regulador y explicativo de la variabilidad del model...
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Con apoyo de fondos del Kreditanstal für Wiederaufbaub el presente estudio contribuyó a identificar y priorizar distintas Áreas Naturales Protegidas por sus servicios ambientales en la vertiente del Golfo. Se obtuvieron y restituyeron registros de estaciones meteorológicas e hidrométricas con los que, mediante la prueba estadística de Man-Kendall s...
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Actualmente, las complejas características climáticas y geomorfológicas del país promueven la erosión hídrica en una gran parte de su territorio. Existe una susceptibilidad a la erosión en las cuencas prioritarias nacionales, la cual está asociada a procesos geomorfológicos, como la erosión, en los que el factor climático actúa como catalizador de...
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The index of the vulnerability of the Yucatecan karstic aquifer (IVAKY) is proposed. The IVAKY was built based on a geomorphopedological map scale of 1:50 000, which contains the density and type of karst depressions and soil associations in each geomorphopedological unit. The climate factor is included through the length of the rainy period that c...
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The abundance of karst depressions in Yucatán has been widely recognized, but they have not been classified or quantified despite their importance in land-use planning. Our objective was to study the types and areas of the sinkholes, uvalas, and poljes and identify their patterns of spatial distribution. We used 58 topographic maps (1:50,000) from...
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Environmental policies in areas with any kind technical land use planning program requires to be applied in specific areas; nevertheless, the areas are not equally important for the application of financial resources. The main objective of this research is the identification of priority areas for the implementation of environmental policies to supp...
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Anthropogenic changes during the past 2000 years in the Teotihuacan Valley imply that intensity of soil degradation varies depending on the land management practices and the intensity of soil use. As a part of a broader effort to reconstruct erosion dynamics in the Teotihuacan Valley through geoarchaeological approaches, our study applies a process...
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Understanding the effects of climate on the growth of trees is important to project the response of forests to climate change. Dendrochronological analysis offers a "proxy" source for the effects of climatic variation on tree growth at different spatial and temporal scales. To examine influences of temperature and precipitation on radial growth of...
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Cloud Forests (CFs) in Michoacan, Mexico, face strong pressures due to logging and the change of land use to agriculture, which can affect the ecological functions of the soil. This study identifies the main soils of a CF in Michoacan, and evaluates its contensts of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) and water-retention capacity. The sampling design was str...
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El análisis espacial del paisaje, con técnicas de Percepción Remota (PR) y herramientas de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), es un procedimiento poco usado en la identificación de sitios potencialmente idóneos para el muestreo dendrocronológico. En el presente trabajo se diseñó un protocolo para identificar áreas con árboles climáticamente...
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The study of landscape connectivity in conservation has increased considerably since the early part of the 21st century. While the implications of landscape connectivity are self-evident for conservation, they are also important for physical geography since a proper understanding of landscape patterns and processes allows for better landscape manag...
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El bosque nublado es un ecotono entre las comunidades tropicales y templadas caracterizado por presentar condiciones de humedad, atribuyéndole una gran diversidad biológica y un importante papel como fuente de recursos hídricos. En el Estado de Michoacán, el conocimiento de ese sistema es limitado; este trabajo contribuye a la generación de informa...
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En este estudio se presenta un modelo espacial del tiempo de intervención humana sobre el paisaje (TI), construido como componente integral de un índice de huella espacial humana aplicado al Sistema Volcánico Transversal de Michoacán (SVTMich). Para elaborar el modelo espacial de TI se llevó acabó una recopilación de datos históricos georreferencia...
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Resumen El bosque nublado es un ecotono entre las comunidades tropicales y templadas caracterizado por presentar condiciones de humedad, atribuyéndole una gran diversidad biológica y un importante papel como fuente de recursos hídricos. En el Estado de Michoacán, el conocimiento de ese sistema es limitado; este trabajo contribuye a la generación de...
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Resumen Los bosques húmedos de niebla (BHN) están expuestos a una fuerte presión de extracción forestal y de cambio de uso de suelo a agricultura, las cuales pueden afectar las funciones ecológicas de los suelos. En el presente estudio se identificaron los principales suelos de un BHN en Michoacán, México, y se evaluaron sus contenidos de carbono...
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Freshwater availability and agricultural production are key factors for sustaining fast growing regions such as Mexico and Texas. Although future climate trends in temperature and radiative budget have been well investigated by the science community, our knowledge about the potential alterations of agroclimate and surface hydrology is strikingly li...
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