Identification of endemic vascular plant species hotspots and the effectiveness of the protected areas for their conservation in Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico

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Salinas Rodríguez, María Magdalena; Sajama, Modesto Jesus; Gutiérrez-Ortega, José Said; Ortega Baes, Francisco Pablo; Estrada Castillón, Andres Eduardo
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2018
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More than 50% of the Mexican flora is represented by 11,001 species of endemic vascular plants. These high levels of endemisms should be a primal criterion for the recognition of areas for conservation. However, it is unknown whether the current network of protected areas guarantees the conservation of endemic vascular plant species. We focused in the Sierra Madre Oriental (SMOr), a mountain chain along Eastern Mexico that is recognized as one of the most important hotspots of vascular plant endemism in the country. At present, SMOr includes 73 protected areas, but their effectiveness for conservation of endemic species has not been evaluated. We aimed to calculate the number of endemic species that are currently considered in protection areas and propose the recognition of new areas that may include a greater endemic species diversity. Hotspots of endemism in SMOr were identified using herbaria information of 734 endemic species. The location of hotspots were identified from distribution patterns generated in the program MaxEnt. Also, Marxan program to reconstruct a map to propose new protected areas that include a greater number of endemic species. We observed that the richest hotspots are located in broken terrains with temperate or semi-arid climates, chalky soils, and a mixture of forests and scrublands featuring pines and oaks. When considering that at least 10% of the geographic distribution of each species should be conserved, the current protection areas include 66% of the endemic species, which might be an acceptable percentage, although it excludes an important number of potentially threatened species. Therefore, we propose the recognition of ten more areas that might be promising for the conservation of the remaining 34% of endemic plants in SMOr. This study demonstrates that current efforts for conservation in Mexico may be greatly improved when considering the hotspots of vascular plant endemisms.
Fil: Salinas Rodríguez, María Magdalena. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; México
Fil: Sajama, Modesto Jesus. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Escuela de Agronomía. Laboratorio de Investigaciones Botánicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Gutiérrez-Ortega, José Said. Chiba University; Japón
Fil: Ortega Baes, Francisco Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Escuela de Agronomía. Laboratorio de Investigaciones Botánicas; Argentina
Fil: Estrada Castillón, Andres Eduardo. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; México
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MARXAN
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spelling Identification of endemic vascular plant species hotspots and the effectiveness of the protected areas for their conservation in Sierra Madre Oriental, MexicoSalinas Rodríguez, María MagdalenaSajama, Modesto JesusGutiérrez-Ortega, José SaidOrtega Baes, Francisco PabloEstrada Castillón, Andres EduardoENDEMISMHOTSPOTMARXANMAXENTMOUNTAINPROTECTED AREAShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1More than 50% of the Mexican flora is represented by 11,001 species of endemic vascular plants. These high levels of endemisms should be a primal criterion for the recognition of areas for conservation. However, it is unknown whether the current network of protected areas guarantees the conservation of endemic vascular plant species. We focused in the Sierra Madre Oriental (SMOr), a mountain chain along Eastern Mexico that is recognized as one of the most important hotspots of vascular plant endemism in the country. At present, SMOr includes 73 protected areas, but their effectiveness for conservation of endemic species has not been evaluated. We aimed to calculate the number of endemic species that are currently considered in protection areas and propose the recognition of new areas that may include a greater endemic species diversity. Hotspots of endemism in SMOr were identified using herbaria information of 734 endemic species. The location of hotspots were identified from distribution patterns generated in the program MaxEnt. Also, Marxan program to reconstruct a map to propose new protected areas that include a greater number of endemic species. We observed that the richest hotspots are located in broken terrains with temperate or semi-arid climates, chalky soils, and a mixture of forests and scrublands featuring pines and oaks. When considering that at least 10% of the geographic distribution of each species should be conserved, the current protection areas include 66% of the endemic species, which might be an acceptable percentage, although it excludes an important number of potentially threatened species. Therefore, we propose the recognition of ten more areas that might be promising for the conservation of the remaining 34% of endemic plants in SMOr. This study demonstrates that current efforts for conservation in Mexico may be greatly improved when considering the hotspots of vascular plant endemisms.Fil: Salinas Rodríguez, María Magdalena. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; MéxicoFil: Sajama, Modesto Jesus. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Escuela de Agronomía. Laboratorio de Investigaciones Botánicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Gutiérrez-Ortega, José Said. Chiba University; JapónFil: Ortega Baes, Francisco Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Escuela de Agronomía. Laboratorio de Investigaciones Botánicas; ArgentinaFil: Estrada Castillón, Andres Eduardo. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; MéxicoElsevier Gmbh2018-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/93213Salinas Rodríguez, María Magdalena; Sajama, Modesto Jesus; Gutiérrez-Ortega, José Said; Ortega Baes, Francisco Pablo; Estrada Castillón, Andres Eduardo; Identification of endemic vascular plant species hotspots and the effectiveness of the protected areas for their conservation in Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico; Elsevier Gmbh; Journal For Nature Conservation; 46; 12-2018; 6-271617-1381CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jnc.2018.08.012info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138118300086info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:47:30Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/93213instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:47:30.555CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Identification of endemic vascular plant species hotspots and the effectiveness of the protected areas for their conservation in Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
title Identification of endemic vascular plant species hotspots and the effectiveness of the protected areas for their conservation in Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
spellingShingle Identification of endemic vascular plant species hotspots and the effectiveness of the protected areas for their conservation in Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
Salinas Rodríguez, María Magdalena
ENDEMISM
HOTSPOT
MARXAN
MAXENT
MOUNTAIN
PROTECTED AREAS
title_short Identification of endemic vascular plant species hotspots and the effectiveness of the protected areas for their conservation in Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
title_full Identification of endemic vascular plant species hotspots and the effectiveness of the protected areas for their conservation in Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
title_fullStr Identification of endemic vascular plant species hotspots and the effectiveness of the protected areas for their conservation in Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Identification of endemic vascular plant species hotspots and the effectiveness of the protected areas for their conservation in Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
title_sort Identification of endemic vascular plant species hotspots and the effectiveness of the protected areas for their conservation in Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Salinas Rodríguez, María Magdalena
Sajama, Modesto Jesus
Gutiérrez-Ortega, José Said
Ortega Baes, Francisco Pablo
Estrada Castillón, Andres Eduardo
author Salinas Rodríguez, María Magdalena
author_facet Salinas Rodríguez, María Magdalena
Sajama, Modesto Jesus
Gutiérrez-Ortega, José Said
Ortega Baes, Francisco Pablo
Estrada Castillón, Andres Eduardo
author_role author
author2 Sajama, Modesto Jesus
Gutiérrez-Ortega, José Said
Ortega Baes, Francisco Pablo
Estrada Castillón, Andres Eduardo
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ENDEMISM
HOTSPOT
MARXAN
MAXENT
MOUNTAIN
PROTECTED AREAS
topic ENDEMISM
HOTSPOT
MARXAN
MAXENT
MOUNTAIN
PROTECTED AREAS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv More than 50% of the Mexican flora is represented by 11,001 species of endemic vascular plants. These high levels of endemisms should be a primal criterion for the recognition of areas for conservation. However, it is unknown whether the current network of protected areas guarantees the conservation of endemic vascular plant species. We focused in the Sierra Madre Oriental (SMOr), a mountain chain along Eastern Mexico that is recognized as one of the most important hotspots of vascular plant endemism in the country. At present, SMOr includes 73 protected areas, but their effectiveness for conservation of endemic species has not been evaluated. We aimed to calculate the number of endemic species that are currently considered in protection areas and propose the recognition of new areas that may include a greater endemic species diversity. Hotspots of endemism in SMOr were identified using herbaria information of 734 endemic species. The location of hotspots were identified from distribution patterns generated in the program MaxEnt. Also, Marxan program to reconstruct a map to propose new protected areas that include a greater number of endemic species. We observed that the richest hotspots are located in broken terrains with temperate or semi-arid climates, chalky soils, and a mixture of forests and scrublands featuring pines and oaks. When considering that at least 10% of the geographic distribution of each species should be conserved, the current protection areas include 66% of the endemic species, which might be an acceptable percentage, although it excludes an important number of potentially threatened species. Therefore, we propose the recognition of ten more areas that might be promising for the conservation of the remaining 34% of endemic plants in SMOr. This study demonstrates that current efforts for conservation in Mexico may be greatly improved when considering the hotspots of vascular plant endemisms.
Fil: Salinas Rodríguez, María Magdalena. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; México
Fil: Sajama, Modesto Jesus. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Escuela de Agronomía. Laboratorio de Investigaciones Botánicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Gutiérrez-Ortega, José Said. Chiba University; Japón
Fil: Ortega Baes, Francisco Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Escuela de Agronomía. Laboratorio de Investigaciones Botánicas; Argentina
Fil: Estrada Castillón, Andres Eduardo. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; México
description More than 50% of the Mexican flora is represented by 11,001 species of endemic vascular plants. These high levels of endemisms should be a primal criterion for the recognition of areas for conservation. However, it is unknown whether the current network of protected areas guarantees the conservation of endemic vascular plant species. We focused in the Sierra Madre Oriental (SMOr), a mountain chain along Eastern Mexico that is recognized as one of the most important hotspots of vascular plant endemism in the country. At present, SMOr includes 73 protected areas, but their effectiveness for conservation of endemic species has not been evaluated. We aimed to calculate the number of endemic species that are currently considered in protection areas and propose the recognition of new areas that may include a greater endemic species diversity. Hotspots of endemism in SMOr were identified using herbaria information of 734 endemic species. The location of hotspots were identified from distribution patterns generated in the program MaxEnt. Also, Marxan program to reconstruct a map to propose new protected areas that include a greater number of endemic species. We observed that the richest hotspots are located in broken terrains with temperate or semi-arid climates, chalky soils, and a mixture of forests and scrublands featuring pines and oaks. When considering that at least 10% of the geographic distribution of each species should be conserved, the current protection areas include 66% of the endemic species, which might be an acceptable percentage, although it excludes an important number of potentially threatened species. Therefore, we propose the recognition of ten more areas that might be promising for the conservation of the remaining 34% of endemic plants in SMOr. This study demonstrates that current efforts for conservation in Mexico may be greatly improved when considering the hotspots of vascular plant endemisms.
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