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Table 2-1. Land uses and vegetation types at Ejido X-Hazil y Anexos, Quintana Roo, Mexico.' 



Land uses and vegetation types Area (km-) % Total 



Plots & Gardens 33.56 



Subtotal 33.56 6.07 



Early Secondary Forest 



Former gardens 26.44 



Cattle corrals & pastures 2.18 



Subtotal 28.62 5.18 



Late Secondary Forest & Low Moist Forest 



Medium height, semi-evergreen forest 418.74 



Low height, semi-evergreen forest 63.18 



Seasonal wetlands 7.21 



Ponds & Sinkholes 0.35 



Subtotal 489.48 88.52 



Other" 1.29 



Subtotal 1.29 0.23 



Total 552.95 100.00 



' The area was determined by using a compensating polar planimeter to measure land uses and 

 vegetation types on a 1987 map (1:25,000 scale) produced by the Plan Estatal Forestal. The 

 map was based on aerial photographs (Institute Nacional de Estadistica Geografica e 

 Informatica, February 1985, 1:37,000 scale), topographic maps (Institute Nacional de 

 Estadistica Geogralica e Informatica, 1987, 1:50,000 scale). 



*" The category "Other" was composed of village sites and previously forested areas (rodales) 

 where logs were sorted, trimmed, and loaded. 



road that extended from north to south. Secondary roads connected X-Hazil Sur and Chancah Veracruz 

 to Route 307. Most gardens were located within about 2 km of these roads. The ejido was further 



