Temperate | Arid | Arid-alluvial valleys | ||||||
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Aspect | Variable | Santa María Coyomeapan | San Lorenzo Pápalo | Santa María Ixcatlán | San Luis Atolotitlán | Santiago Quiotepec | Zapotitlán Salinas | San Losé Axusco |
Sociocultural | Ethnicity | Náhuatl | Cuicateco | Ixcateco | Mestizo and Náhuatl | Mestizo and Cuicateco | Meztizo and Mixteco | Náhuatl |
Land tenure | Private, ejidal and communal | Communal and private | Communal | Ejidal | Communal and private | Communal | Communal and ejidal | |
Farming practices | Crops | Corn, beans, squashes, pumpkins, peas | Corn, bean, gourd, fava beans, peas | Corn, beans and squashes | Corn, beans and squashes | Corn, beans and squashes | Corn, beans and squashes | Corn, beans and squashes |
Fallow | 1 year | 1–3 years | 6 months | 1–5 years | 6 months | 6 months | 6 months | |
Irrigation | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Machinery | Mattock | Plough and mattock | Tractor and mattock | Plough | Plough | Tractor and mattock | Tractor and Plough | |
Agrochemicals | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
Livestock | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Agroforestry systems | Agroforestry practice | Boundaries, windbreaks and isolated trees | Boundaries and vegetation islands | Boundaries and patches of vegetation | Isolated trees, vegetation islands and fringes against soil erosion, vegetation surrounding the fields. | Fringes for water managenment and against soil erosion | Fringes for water managenment and against soil erosion | Fringes for water managenment and against soil erosion |
Principal uses | Edible fruit, Other edible product and Firewood | Shade, firewood and boundary | Shade, firewood and boundary | Edible fruit, firewood and shade | Edible fruit, shade and fodder | Asthetic (beauty), shade and Maintaining water | Other edible product, shade and fodder | |
Ecological | Species richness | 39 | 18 | 29 | 71 | 32 | 58 | 10 |
Diversity (Shannon Índex) | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 3.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A |