Restoring mexican tropical dry forests: a national review
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2022-03
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Mesa-Sierra, Natalia
Campo, Julio
Giardina, Christian P.
DeLaPeña-Domene, Marinés
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Deforestation is the dominant threat to tropical dry forests (TDFs) in Mexico. Its causes
include agriculture, tourism, and mining. In some cases, unassisted forest regeneration is sufficient
to return diverse forest cover to a site, but in other cases, changes in land use are so severe that
active restoration is required to reintroduce tree cover. The ecological and social constraints on TDF
restoration in Mexico are poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap, we synthesized relevant
restoration literature for Mexico published between January 1990 and February 2020. We examined
43 unique articles about TDF restoration practices in Mexico to identify (1) the national distribution
of TDF restoration projects, (2) restoration objectives, and (3) factors contributing to TDF restoration
success or failure. The largest number of restoration sites were in the Yucatan Peninsula, and the most
common objective was to restore dry forest vegetation on lands that had been used for agriculture or
impacted by fires. Planting seedlings was the most widely reported restoration strategy, and plant
survival was the most frequently monitored response variable. Maximum annual temperature and
the Lang Aridity Index were the best predictors of plant survival, which ranged from 15% to 78%.
This synthesis highlights how national restoration inventories can facilitate the development of a
restoration evaluation framework to increase the efficacy of restoration investments.
Palabras clave
tropical dry forest; ecological restoration; restoration drivers, Tropical Dry Forest, Ecological Restoration, Restoration Drivers
Citación
Mesa-Sierra, N.; DeLaPeña-Domene, M.; Campo, J. & Giardina, C.P. (2022). Restoring mexican tropical dry forests: a national review. Sustainability, 14(7), 3937.