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      Importancia ambiental de los agroecosistemas cafetaleros bajo sombra en la zona central montañosa del estado de Veracruz, México Translated title: Environmental importance of coffee shade agroecosystems of the mountainous central zone of Veracruz state, Mexico

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          El agroecosistema cafetalero bajo sombra ha contribuido a mitigar la pérdida de los servicios ambientales que provee el bosque mesófilo en la región central montañosa de Veracruz. Esto se debe en gran medida a que es un cultivo amigable con dicho ecosistema forestal. Sin embargo, a pesar de los múltiples servicios que proporciona, la cafeticultura ha estado perdiendo importancia entre los productores. El objetivo de este trabajo fue identificar la percepción de los productores sobre la importancia del cultivo de café bajo sombra en la prestación de servicios ambientales y si esto influye en su disposición a conservarlo. Esta percepción se analiza en el contexto regional de cambios en la temperatura y precipitación, que podrían estar relacionados con transformaciones en la cobertura forestal. Para abordar la percepción se utilizó el método de estudio de caso. El caso se documentó con la aplicación de un cuestionario a 51 productores de la localidad de La Orduña, Coatepec, Ver., México. Para estudiar los cambios históricos de la precipitación y la temperatura regional, se utilizaron los datos de tres estaciones climatológicas cercanas a la comunidad. Los datos se analizaron con los procedimientos sugeridos por la Organización Meteorológica Mundial. Los resultados muestran cambios en el clima regional, así como la identificación de los principales beneficios ambientales de los cafetales por parte de los productores. De igual forma, muestran su disposición a mantener dicho cultivo, siempre que las políticas gubernamentales retribuyan económicamente los servicios ambientales que proporciona este agroecosistema.

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          The shade-grown coffee agroecosystem has contributed to mitigate the loss of ecosystem services provided by the tropical cloud forest in the mountainous central region of Veracruz. This is largely due to the fact that this cultivation type is friendly with that forest ecosystem. Although, despite the multiple services that this cultivation provides, coffee production has been losing importance among producers. The objective of this research was to identify the farmers' perception about the importance of growing coffee under shade in the provision of environmental services and whether this influences their willingness to maintain this agroecosystem. This perception is analyzed in the context of regional changes in temperature and precipitation, which could be related to transformations in forest cover. In order to address the perceptions a case study method was employed. The case study was carried out by analyzing the results of a questionnaire administered to 51 producers of the locality of La Orduña, Coatepec, Ver. In order to study the historical changes in regional precipitation and temperature, data from three climatic stations close to La Orduña were employed. Data were analyzed with the procedures recommended by the World Meteorological Organization. Results display changes in regional climate, as well as the producers' identification of the main environmental benefits that shade-grown coffee provide. Similarly, they show their willingness to maintain this culture, providing government policies financially remunerate the environmental services that this agroecosystem supply.

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              A coupled numerical model of the global atmosphere and biosphere has been used to assess the effects of Amazon deforestation on the regional and global climate. When the tropical forests in the model were replaced by degraded grass (pasture), there was a significant increase in surface temperature and a decrease in evapotranspiration and precipitation over Amazonia. In the simulation, the length of the dry season also increased; such an increase could make reestablishment of the tropical forests after massive deforestation particularly difficult.
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                Madera y bosques
                Madera bosques
                Instituto de Ecología A.C. (Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico )
                1405-0471
                2448-7597
                November 2014
                : 20
                : 3
                : 27-40
                Affiliations
                [01] Jalapa Veracruz orgnameEl Colegio de Veracruz México lruelas@ 123456colver.edu.mx
                [02] México Distrito Federal orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México orgdiv1Instituto de Ecología México
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                S1405-04712014000300003 S1405-0471(14)02000300003
                eb1e5102-1757-48ff-9e04-d73af3f6c91d

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 26 May 2014
                : 10 December 2013
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                temperature,forest environmental services,precipitation,environmental perceptions,deforestation,temperatura,servicios ambientales forestales,precipitación,percepción ambiental,estudio de caso,deforestación

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