Priority areas for conservation based on endemic vascular plant species and their biocultural attributes: a case study in Sinaloa, Mexico

Endemic vascular plants are one of the main biodiversity indicators used to propose priority conservation areas. The richness of endemic species and corrected and weighted endemism are the most frequently used criteria, while anthropogenic or biocultural factors such as ethnobotanical value or ecol...

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Main Authors: Juan Fernando Pío-León, Guadalupe Munguía-Lino, Jesús Guadalupe González-Gallegos, Martha González-Elizondo
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Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/5446
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Guadalupe Munguía-Lino
Jesús Guadalupe González-Gallegos
Martha González-Elizondo
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Guadalupe Munguía-Lino
Jesús Guadalupe González-Gallegos
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description Endemic vascular plants are one of the main biodiversity indicators used to propose priority conservation areas. The richness of endemic species and corrected and weighted endemism are the most frequently used criteria, while anthropogenic or biocultural factors such as ethnobotanical value or ecological vulnerability are seldom considered. This work proposes priority conservation areas for Sinaloa, Mexico, considering the richness of its endemic species, corrected and weighted endemism, as well as ethnobotanical value, protection status, and the Priority Conservation Index (PCI). The analysis was performed in a 19 × 19 km grid and included 247 records of 78 species. The areas proposed when considering only the richness of endemic species and the weighted endemism coincided with previously known areas of high biodiversity in the state, which are areas of high collection effort and low anthropogenic impact. When considering the ethnobotanical value and protection status, the areas identified included those with greater anthropogenic impact, which contained species of biocultural and economic importance. When the PCI was used, both of these types of regions were identified. We therefore recommend this index as a better indicator to select priority areas.
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spelling doaj-art-65c1bc13efbf415199768acd0a0733402025-08-20T02:31:13ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad1870-34532007-87062024-11-019510.22201/ib.20078706e.2024.95.5446Priority areas for conservation based on endemic vascular plant species and their biocultural attributes: a case study in Sinaloa, MexicoJuan Fernando Pío-León0Guadalupe Munguía-Lino1Jesús Guadalupe González-Gallegos2Martha González-Elizondo3 Instituto Politécnico NacionalUniversidad de GuadalajaraInstituto Politécnico NacionalInstituto Politécnico Nacional Endemic vascular plants are one of the main biodiversity indicators used to propose priority conservation areas. The richness of endemic species and corrected and weighted endemism are the most frequently used criteria, while anthropogenic or biocultural factors such as ethnobotanical value or ecological vulnerability are seldom considered. This work proposes priority conservation areas for Sinaloa, Mexico, considering the richness of its endemic species, corrected and weighted endemism, as well as ethnobotanical value, protection status, and the Priority Conservation Index (PCI). The analysis was performed in a 19 × 19 km grid and included 247 records of 78 species. The areas proposed when considering only the richness of endemic species and the weighted endemism coincided with previously known areas of high biodiversity in the state, which are areas of high collection effort and low anthropogenic impact. When considering the ethnobotanical value and protection status, the areas identified included those with greater anthropogenic impact, which contained species of biocultural and economic importance. When the PCI was used, both of these types of regions were identified. We therefore recommend this index as a better indicator to select priority areas. https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/5446Conservation indexEbenopsis caesalpinioidesEthnobotanical valueProtected Natural AreasPriority speciesStenocereus martinezii
spellingShingle Juan Fernando Pío-León
Guadalupe Munguía-Lino
Jesús Guadalupe González-Gallegos
Martha González-Elizondo
Priority areas for conservation based on endemic vascular plant species and their biocultural attributes: a case study in Sinaloa, Mexico
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
Conservation index
Ebenopsis caesalpinioides
Ethnobotanical value
Protected Natural Areas
Priority species
Stenocereus martinezii
title Priority areas for conservation based on endemic vascular plant species and their biocultural attributes: a case study in Sinaloa, Mexico
title_full Priority areas for conservation based on endemic vascular plant species and their biocultural attributes: a case study in Sinaloa, Mexico
title_fullStr Priority areas for conservation based on endemic vascular plant species and their biocultural attributes: a case study in Sinaloa, Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Priority areas for conservation based on endemic vascular plant species and their biocultural attributes: a case study in Sinaloa, Mexico
title_short Priority areas for conservation based on endemic vascular plant species and their biocultural attributes: a case study in Sinaloa, Mexico
title_sort priority areas for conservation based on endemic vascular plant species and their biocultural attributes a case study in sinaloa mexico
topic Conservation index
Ebenopsis caesalpinioides
Ethnobotanical value
Protected Natural Areas
Priority species
Stenocereus martinezii
url https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/5446
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