Ecosystem-level response to large scale natural disturbance in Southern Yucatán: Evaluating forest resilience in protected areas
Investigator(s)
Principal investigator:
Laura C. Schneider, Department of Geography, Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA
E-mail: laschnei(at)rci.rutgers.edu
Abstract
The goal of this project is to study the effect of weather extremes in seasonally dry subtropical forests of the southern Yucatán Peninsula. It will contribute with new knowledge to understanding ecosystem and landscape-level responses to the increased frequency of large scale hurricane disturbance in forest and the role of invasive species and agricultural burning in suppressing natural forest recovery. In addition, knowledge derived from this research will increase the technical and scientific capacity of protectedarea agencies at Calakmul and Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserves to establish and employ science-based approaches and techniques for long-term forest management following large-scale disturbance across the largest and fastest-disappearing tract of tropical forest in Central America.
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