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Table 2 Descriptive data for study sites

From: Bird conservation status and cultural values in Indigenous Mexican communities: towards a bioculturally informed conservation policy

Lang.

Loc.

Stt.

Lat. N

Len. W

Elev. (m.a.s.l.)

Pop.

Nm Tt

SSRR Tt/BS

Hab.

Cuicatec

San Juan Teponaxtla

Oaxaca

17° 40′

96° 45′

800–2800

730

99

0.45

COF, OF, CF, TEF, TDF, ASV, RWV

Northern Zapotec

San Miguel Tiltepec

Oaxaca

17° 30′

96° 25′

500–2600

369

102

0.50

COF, OF, CF, TEF, RWV

South Zapotec

San Juan Mixtepec

Oaxaca

16 o49′

92° 30′

1600–3700

1000

104

0.53

XSG, COF, OF, TDF, RWV

Tzeltal

Tenejapa

Chiapas

16° 50′

92° 30′

900–2800

> 10,000

143

0.53

COF, OF, CF, TDF, ASV, RWV

Maya

Chunhuhub

Quintana Roo

19° 35′

88° 36′

10–50

6000

110

0.42

XSG, TEF, TDF, ASV, RWV

Nahuatl

Coetzapotitla

Veracruz

18 o47′

96° 55′

620–1228

739

61

0.38

CF, TEF, RWV

Tlahuica

San Juan Atzingo-Loma de Teocaltzingo

Mexico State

19° 01′

99° 39′

2739

949

41

0.14

XSG, COF, OF, CF, ASV, RWV

Seri

Comcaac

Sonora

29° 50′

112° 39′

16

1000

120

0.48

XSG, TDF, ASV, RWV

Pima

Pima Bajo

Sonora/ Arizona

31° 52′

112° 75′

200–900

> 900

87

0.31

XSG, COF, OF, TDF, ASV, RWV

Kiliwa

Valle de Trinidad

Baja California

31° 40′

115° 73′

833

13

44

0.30

XSG, COF, OF, ASV

  1. Lang. = language, Loc. = locality, Stt. = Mexico state, Lat. N = latitude, Len. W = length, Elev. (m.a.s.l.) = elevation (metres above sea level), Pop. = population, Nm Tt = number of the terminal taxa, SSRR = scientific species recognition ratio, Hab. = habitat sensu Rzedowski [64]: XSG = xerophilous scrub and grassland, COF = conifer forest, OF = oak forest, CF = cloud forest, TEF = tropical evergreen forest, TDF = tropical subdeciduous, deciduous and thorn forest, ASV = aquatic and subaquatic vegetation, RWV = ruderal and weed vegetation