Previous work on biogeographic isolation has concerned itself with oceanic island chains,
islands associated with continents, fringing archipelagos, and bodies of water such as the …

Mexico harbors more than 10% of the planet's endemic species. However, the integrity and
biodiversity of many ecosystems is experiencing rapid transformation under the influence of …

In Mexico, coffee is cultivated on the coastal slopes of the central and southern parts of the
country in areas where two or more types of vegetation make contact. Based on …

Given increasing access to large amounts of biodiversity information, a powerful capability is
that of modeling ecological niches and predicting geographic distributions. Because …

La destrucción del bosque de niebla en la región oeste de Xalapa, Veracruz, se ha
acelerado considerablemente en las últimas décadas. El objetivo de este estudio fue …

Despite international initiatives such as the Earth Summit in 1992 and ongoing efforts to
implement the Kyoto Protocol, human activities continue to register a destructive toll on the …

Mice of the Peromyscus aztecus species group occur at mid to high elevations in several
mountain ranges in the highlands of Middle America (Mexico and Central America), a region …

The development of quantitative models of species' distributions has largely ignored the
potential for intraspecific variation in species' niche requirements. Application of such …

Abstract 1 This study documents patterns of rodent and bat diversity related to abiotic and
biotic factors along elevational gradients in the Sierra Mazateca (640–2600 m asl) and …

The identification of areas of high priority for conservation is becoming a major endeavor for
conservation biologists. Regions of high species richness and high concentrations of …