Brief Introduction with a Map of the Study Area

Yifan Yu

source: Tropical Deciduous Forest and the Sonoran Desert: A Strong Connection(2006) 
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. http://www.desertmuseum.org/programs/alamos_index.htm

According to Rzedowski, the tropical dry forest is one of the four most extensive types of vegetation of Mexico.( as cited in Becerra, 2005) It is found “ from a northernmost distribution limit at approximately 28° N, down to the border with Guatemala in the south. On the Pacific coast it forms a nearly continuous strip, with major areas in western Jalisco, and in the Balsas and Santiago river basins. On the Gulf coast it is present in more isolated and discontinuous areas.” (Trejo & Dirzo, 2000)