Quality of the riparian forest of El Tunal River, Durango, Mexico; trough the application of the QBR index

Authors

  • EFRAÍN RODRÍGUEZ-TÉLLEZ Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango. Río Papaloapan Esq. Blvd. Durango s/n. Col. Valle del sur. Durango, Durango. C.P. 34120 México.
  • PEDRO A. DOMÍNGUEZ-CALLEROS Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango. Río Papaloapan Esq. Blvd. Durango s/n. Col. Valle del sur. Durango, Durango. C.P. 34120 México.
  • MARÍN POMPA-GARCÍA Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango. Río Papaloapan Esq. Blvd. Durango s/n. Col. Valle del sur. Durango, Durango. C.P. 34120 México.
  • JOSÉ A. QUIROZ-ARRATIA Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango. Río Papaloapan Esq. Blvd. Durango s/n. Col. Valle del sur. Durango, Durango. C.P. 34120 México.
  • MARÍA ELENA PÉREZ LÓPEZ Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional. Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Sigma s/n, Fracc. 20 de noviembre II, Durango, Durango. C.P. 34220. México.

Keywords:

QBR, El Tunal, México, riparian forest

Abstract

The assessment of the ecological condition of the river banks is an important element in the rivers study around the world.
The objective of this work was to evaluate the ecological condition of the riparian forest in a transect of 21 km of El
Tunal river in Mexico with the QBR index. In the transect of study six sites were evaluated which were selected by the
representation, possibilities of access and the heterogeneity of the vegetation. In general, the results have shown a river
with important signs of deterioration; two sites results in an intermediate quality, two sites results in bad quality and two
results in poor quality.

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Published

2012-06-05

How to Cite

RODRÍGUEZ-TÉLLEZ, E. ., DOMÍNGUEZ-CALLEROS, P. A. ., POMPA-GARCÍA, M. ., QUIROZ-ARRATIA, J. A. ., & PÉREZ LÓPEZ, M. E. (2012). Quality of the riparian forest of El Tunal River, Durango, Mexico; trough the application of the QBR index. Gayana Botánica, 69(1), 147-151. Retrieved from https://revistas.udec.cl/index.php/gayana_botanica/article/view/3993

Issue

Vol. 69 No. 1 (2012)

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