The vegetation cover anthropization index as a measure of anthropization of natural protected areas. Case: Pico Azul-La Escalera, Mexico
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2023 |
| Descripción: | [Introduction]: Anthropization studies of protected natural areas are generally carried out using fauna studies, grids, and other indicators. [Objective]: To determine the degree of anthropization of a protected natural area using the vegetation cover anthropization index, which takes the physical-geographic landscape as the evaluation unit. [Methodology]: Anthropization was calculated using the vegetation cover anthropization index, which quantitatively and qualitatively evaluates the anthropic modification of the landscapes of a territory, taking as a case the natural protected area Pico Azul-La Escalera, with the support of physical-geographic landscapes, which allows establishing their differentiation in the territory. [Results]: Highly anthropized landscapes represent 2.45% of the territory, are the flattest, and show a predominance of anthropization by agricultural activities; landscapes categorized as anthropized occupy 22.36% of the territory, are related to low-sloping reliefs and optimal soils for agriculture; landscapes with a medium-level index rating cover 24.46% of the area and serve as a buffer zone between the most and least anthropized landscapes; landscapes showing low anthropization values represent 42.13% of the area, and unmodified landscapes represent 8.60% of the area and are the least accessible landscapes with steeper slopes and less fertile soils. [Conclusions]: This proposal is a reliable option for differentiating the degree of anthropization of landscapes and, in particular, for assessing the modification of vegetation cover in a protected natural area. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Lenguaje: | Español Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/17770 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/17770 |
| Palabra clave: | anthropization, land cover, landscape cartography, natural protected area, physical-geographical landscape anthropiization land cover landscape cartography natural protected area physical-geographical landscape antropización área natural protegida cartografía de los paisajes cobertura vegetal paisaje físico-geográfico Antropização cartografia da paisagem paisagem físico-geográfica |