Departmental seminar: Cuauhtemoc Saenz Romero
March 3, 2025
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Location
SELE 4289
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Download iCal FilePlease join us March 3rd, 2025 at 12:30pm in SELE 4289 for a seminar featuring Dr. Cuauhtemoc Saenz Romero. This event is sponsored by the CIM2AS program.
Host: Mary Ashley
Abstract: Climate change projections suggest that by the end of the century, suitable habitat for the Sacred Oyamel fir, Abies religiosa, will disappear inside the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR). We planted provenances of A. religiosa at elevations beyond their upper elevational limit (3550 m) of their current natural distribution, on Nevado de Toluca, a volcano with higher elevations that the MBBR, using existing shrubs as nurse plants to protect the seedlings from extreme temperatures. After three growing seasons, seedling height increment and survival indicate that the establishment of A. religiosa at 3600 and 3800 m is feasible. Planted stands could eventually serve as overwintering sites for the Monarch butterfly under projected future climates, compensating a 2.3 °C increase in mean annual temperature projected for 2060.
Date posted
Dec 4, 2024
Date updated
Feb 21, 2025