This convergent increase of resource conservation with increasing elevation suggests that the role of environmental filtering in community assembly increases with elevation.
Note that the increase of resource conservation with increasing elevation in deciduous species in our study is contrary to the findings of Kikuzawa and Kudo (1995) and Takahashi and Miyajima (2008).
It is a first and necessary step in designing PES that could increase both natural resource conservation and social justice in marginalized areas.
In a mega-diverse country like Mexico, it is crucial to increase resources for training researchers and strengthen institutions that conduct research in ecology and conservation.
Assessing the land use development problem has become an important task under the increasing aware of land resource conservation.
Increased resources alone are not the answer.
Increased resources are fundamental to accelerate progress.
All of this requires increased resources.
This study offers strategies for resource professionals and other local actors to best design programs aimed at increasing resident engagement in water resource conservation.
With the elevation-induced decreases of temperature and soil fertility, both evergreen and deciduous species showed greater resource conservation, suggesting the increasing importance of environmental filtering to community assembly with increasing elevation.
