Título

Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis to Characterize Honey Bee Production in Semi-arid Ecosystem

Autor

CARLOS AURELIO MEDINA FLORES

Nivel de Acceso

Acceso Abierto

Licencia

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Materias

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA - (CTI) Climatic Change Honey Harvest Sustainable Development Territorial Planning Time Series

Resumen o descripción

Honey bee production could be considered as a reliable

economic indicator of the biodiversity and availability of

ecosystem services. The scaling behaviour of honey bee was

analysed and associated to the natural ecosystem characteristics

by using multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis

(MF-DFA). Records of honey harvests and climatic conditions

were collected monthly from 1998 to 2012 of 83 apiaries (Database=

14,940 records) located in 24 different micro-regions

(in central-north Mexico) where ‘mesquite’ (Prosopis laevigata)

and plants of Asteraceae family are the primarily endemic

sources of nectar and pollen. Micro-regions were classified

as semi-warm semi-arid, semi-arid, or humid subtropical

(Köppen Climate clasification; KC), and according to the agricultural

uses of their surrounding areas as secondary vegetation

(S), irrigated agriculture (IA) or rainfed agriculture(RA). Hurst exponents of segments (Hq) of honey bee production

time series showed small fluctuations but random walk

characteristic of multifractal (MF) structure. Left truncation

and parameter values of honey bee harvests fractal spectra

suggest local fluctuations of large magnitude with self-affine

properties which represent long-term correlations useful for

long-term predictions. Major variations of honey bee production

in semi-arid climates have been produced by S, but it is

also affected for the minimum temperature (T) and precipitation

(P). MF-DFA allowed to identify fluctuations in honey

bee production time series, associating it with climatic and

land use variables, useful to make reliable long-term predictions

of pollinators’ diversity and honey bee harvests, and

to design strategies to maintain ecosystems and increase the

economic feasibility of apiculture.

Producción Científica de la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas UAZ

Fecha de publicación

julio de 2018

Tipo de publicación

Artículo

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Repositorio Institucional Caxcán

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