Assessing Riparian Vegetation Condition and Function in Disturbed Sites of the Arid Northwestern Mexico

Autor: Lara Cornejo-Denman, Jose Raul Romo-Leon, Alejandro E. Castellanos, Rolando E. Diaz-Caravantes, Jose Luis Moreno-Vázquez, Romeo Mendez-Estrella

Publikováno v: Land, Vol 7, Iss 1, p 13 (2018)

Transformation or modification of vegetation distribution and structure in arid riparian ecosystems can lead to the loss of ecological function. Mexico has 101,500,000 ha of arid lands, however there is a general lack of information regarding how ari

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Analyzing Landscape Trends on Agriculture, Introduced Exotic Grasslands and Riparian Ecosystems in Arid Regions of Mexico

Autor: Romeo Mendez-Estrella, Jose Raul Romo-Leon, Alejandro E. Castellanos, Fabiola J. Gandarilla-Aizpuro, Kyle Hartfield

Publikováno v: Remote Sensing, Vol 8, Iss 8, p 664 (2016)

Riparian Zones are considered biodiversity and ecosystem services hotspots. In arid environments, these ecosystems represent key habitats, since water availability makes them unique in terms of fauna, flora and ecological processes. Simple yet powerf

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Mapping Changes in Carbon Storage and Productivity Services Provided by Riparian Ecosystems of Semi-Arid Environments in Northwestern Mexico

Autor: Alejandro E. Castellanos, Jose Raul Romo-Leon, Romeo Mendez-Estrella

Publikováno v: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information; Volume 6; Issue 10; Pages: 298
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Vol 6, Iss 10, p 298 (2017)

We analyze the importance of riparian ecosystems (RE) as critical areas for carbon storage and productivity in semi-arid regions of Northwest Mexico. We calculated the carbon storage by land cover and compared temporal trends of basal productivity (M

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