Design of a long-term biological monitoring program showing through a case study: The selective cutting of the forest in the Bethel cooperative, La Libertad, Peten.
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Design, biological monitoring program, case study, selective cutting, forest, La Libertad, PetenAbstract
The requirements for the approach, design and execution of an ecological monitoring program are shown through this case study, the long-term effect of selective forest cutting on biological diversity in the Bethel Cooperative. Freedom, Peten.
Existing information on Bethel's forest management plans was analyzed to determine the details of their execution. Data from a study by! effect of the first selective cut carried out according to the management plan. Field verifications were carried out to know the practical aspects of the forest management referred to and the characteristics of the area in general. With this information it was possible to characterize and interpret the treatment. Data from a pilot study on diurnal butterflies, dung beetles and small mammals were collected and analyzed to be tested as indicators of changes in biological diversity produced by the treatment, following the recommendations of Landres (1988), Noss (1990) and Kremen (1992).
With all this information, a biological diversity monitoring design was proposed with a minimum duration of 20 years. The design seeks to test possible changes in heterogeneity (P diversity) produced by the chronic effect of the treatment.
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