Mapping Land Dynamics in a Migratory Corridor

Author: Maria Del Carmen Guzman
Organization: Monterrey Tech, Campus Guaymas

Bahia de Bacochibampo S/N
Guaymas, 85400
Sonora, Mexico

Phone: +52-622-10364
Fax: +52-622-10243
melos@geog.tamu.edu

Migratory pollinators are demonstrably at risk due to human population and changing land use patterns in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Of particular concern are intensive agriculture areas, which fragment riparian corridors that are rapidly disappearing. A multidisciplinary team has been established for a participatory research program supported by a dynamic mapping scheme for the migratory pollinator corridor, focusing on four species (lesser long-nosed bat, rufous hummingbird, white-winged dove, and monarch butterfly). Land managers, conservation biologists, and environmental educators will use spatial databases to examine where fragmented habitats persist and to establish conservation policies and strategies through community participation and binational collaboration.