Group Name: Chamela

 

Principal Investigator: Dr. Manuel Maass (Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, UNAM); maass@oikos.unam.mx

2^nd Principal investigator: Dra. Angelina Martínez Yrízar (Instituto de Ecología, UNAM); angelina@servidor.unam.mx   

Researchers involved: 25

Study Site: Biosphere Reserve Chamela-Cuixmala, Jalisco coastal

Dominant Ecosystem: Tropical Dry Forest

Core Research Areas:

4  Pattern and control of ecosystem primary production

Manager: Dra. Angelina Martínez-Yrizar; angelina@servidor.unam.mx   

4 Pattern and control of water, carbon and nutrient dynamics

Manager: Dr. Manuel Maass; maass@oikos.unam.mx

4 Biodiversity role in the ecosystem structure and function

Manager: Dr. Andrés García Aguayo; chanoc@ibiologia.unam.mx

4 Pattern and frecuency of ecosystem disturbances

Manager: Dr. Felipe García-Oliva; fgarcia@oikos.unam.mx

4 Climatic change effect over ecosystem structure and function

Manager: Dr. Víctor Jaramillo; luque@oikos.unam.mx

4 Boundary interactions between managed and intact ecosystems

Manager: Dra. Julieta Benítez; jbenitez@oikos.unam.mx

4 Criteria definition for ecosystem management and conservation

Manager: Dra. Alicia Castillo; castillo@oikos.unam.mx

WEB site: cuencas.oikos.unam.mx, www.ibiologia.unam.mx/ebchamela

Other group participants:

Alfredo Pérez Jiménez

Álvaro Miranda

Clara Tinoco

David Valenzuela

Enrique Martínez Meyer

Felipe Noguera Martínez

Gerardo Ceballos

Helena Cotler

Jorge H. Vega Rivera

Jorge López Blanco

Katherine Renton

Laura Barraza

Marisa Mazari

Mayra Gavito

Miguel A. Ortega Huerta

Patricia Balvanera

Ricardo Ayala

Robert Bye Boettler