Changes in land use of temperate forests associated to avocado production in Mexico: Impacts on soil properties, plant traits and insect-plant interactions

Abel Pérez-Solache, Marcela Sofía Vaca-Sánchez, Yurixhi Maldonado-López, Maurício Lopes De Faria, Magno Augusto Zazá Borges, Marcílio Fagundes, Ken Oyama, María Isabel Méndez-Solórzano, Joan Sebastian Aguilar-Peralta, Rafael Hernández-Guzmán and Pablo Cuevas-Reyes

Agricultural Systems, 2023, vol. 204, issue C

Abstract: Temperate forest ecosystems harbor great biodiversity and provide key ecosystem services. However, in Mexico they have been deforested for use in avocado orchards, which represents a major threat to ecosystems functioning and the conservation of biodiversity.

Keywords: Land use change; Avocado orchards; Forest fragmentation; Oaks; Plant quality and quantity; Environmental stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103556

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