Abstract

ALVAREZ-LOPEZ, Carlos; RAMOS-LUNA, Jorge; TORRES-ANAYA, Daniela Alicia  and  SERIO-SILVA, Juan Carlos. Tropical pine plantations as corridors between forest fragments for Alouatta palliata in Las Choapas, Veracruz, Mexico. Madera bosques [online]. 2025, vol.31, e312729.  Epub Feb 16, 2026. ISSN 2448-7597.  https://doi.org/10.21829/myb.2025.312729.

Howler monkeys are known for their ability to adapt to various habitat types, including modified environments. Despite howlers' adaptability, habitat disturbances can negatively affect their local populations. In this context, agroecosystems may play a key role in improving connectivity between forest fragments, facilitating wildlife movement. Las Choapas, Veracruz, Mexico, is a municipality where forested areas have been heavily modified by deforestation and still harbor a population of mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata). In this report, we document one direct observation and anecdotal accounts of A. palliata using the canopy of tropical pine (Pinus caribaea and Pinus elliottii) plantations for travel between forest fragments and as potential resting sites. These findings provide a new account of the role agroforestry plantations can play in improving landscape connectivity within disturbed forest matrices.

Keywords : agroecosystems; connectivity; fragmentation; land-use change; local knowledge; neotropical primates.

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