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Biosphere Reserve Information |
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Mexico
CUMBRES DE MONTERREY
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Brief description |
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Long term monitoring of the maroon-fronted parrot (Rhynchopsitta terrisi). Monitoring of land-use change, periodic monitoring of heat points as well as climatic conditions for the prevention and control of forest fires
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Specific variables... |
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Abiotic
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Abiotic factors, air temperature, climate, contaminants, drought, erosion, geology, geomorphology, habitat, hydrology, indicators, monitoring/methodologies, speleology, topography. |
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Biodiversity
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Amphibians, biodiversity, biology, biotechnology, birds, community studies/communities, conservation, degraded areas, desertification, ecosystem assessment, ecosystem functioning/ecosystem structure, endemic species, fauna, fires/fire ecology, flora, forest systems, fungi, mammals, migrating populations/migration, monitoring/methodologies, mountain and highland systems, natural resources, pests/diseases, phenology, plankton, rare/endangered/threatened species, reptiles, taxonomy, vegetation studies/plant cover, wildlife. |
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Socio-economic |
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Agriculture/Production systems, agroforestry, capacity building, cottage industry/artisanal industry, cultural aspects, economically important species, human migration/population exodus, monitoring methodologies, natural hazards, pastoralism/pastoralists/grazing, people-nature relations/man/nature, poverty, recreation, resource use, role of women/gender, sacred sites, social/socio-economic aspects, tourism. |
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Integrated
monitoring |
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Education and public awareness, environmental change, geographic information system/gis, impact and risk studies/environmental impact, infrastructure, mapping, planning and zoning measures/zonation. |