Bird conservation and biodiversity research in Mexico: status and priorities

AT Peterson… - Journal of Field …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Mexico has a megadiverse avifauna that includes many endemic elements, as well as rich
sets of species ranging farther north or farther south in the Americas. This avifauna …

The geography of evolutionary divergence in the highly endemic avifauna from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico

A Rocha-Méndez, LA Sánchez-González… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2019 - Springer
Background Mesoamerica is a remarkable region with a high geological and ecological
complexity. Within northern Mesoamerica, the biotic province of the Sierra Madre del Sur …

On the importance of geographic and taxonomic sampling in phylogeography: A reevaluation of diversification and species limits in a Neotropical thrush (Aves …

JE Avendaño, E Arbeláez-Cortés… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2017 - Elsevier
Phylogeographic studies seeking to describe biogeographic patterns, infer evolutionary
processes, and revise species-level classification should properly characterize the …

Phylogeography of Ara militaris (Military Macaw): Implications for Conservation

FA Rivera-Ortíz, S Sanabria-Urbán, DA Prieto-Torres… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Military Macaw (Ara militaris) is an endangered bird species with disjunct geographic
distribution across the Neotropics, consisting of three recognized subspecies: One in Mexico …

Hidden endemism, deep polyphyly, and repeated dispersal across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Diversification of the White‐collared Seedeater complex (Thraupidae …

NA Mason, A Olvera‐Vital, IJ Lovette… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Phenotypic and genetic variation are present in all species, but lineages differ in how
variation is partitioned among populations. Examining phenotypic clustering and genetic …

Genomic diversity and structure of a Neotropical microendemic fig tree

ÁP Rojas‐Cortés, J Gasca‐Pineda… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic diversity is a key component of evolution, and unraveling factors that promote
genetic differentiation in space and time is a central question in evolutionary biology. One of …

Climatic niche shifts and ecological sky‐island dynamics in Mesoamerican montane birds

A Rocha‐Méndez, DA Prieto‐Torres… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An ongoing challenge in evolutionary and ecological research focuses on testing
biogeographic hypotheses for the understanding of both species' distributional patterns and …

[HTML][HTML] Aves del Alto Balsas de Guerrero: diversidad e identidad ecológica de una región prioritaria para la conservación

LD Vázquez-Reyes, VH Jiménez-Arcos… - Revista mexicana de …, 2018 - scielo.org.mx
El Alto Balsas es una región importante para la biodiversidad mexicana por sus altos
niveles de recambio taxonómico y riqueza de endemismos. Desafortunadamente la pérdida …

Conservation genomics reveals multiple evolutionary units within Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)

LB Klicka, BE Kus, PO Title, KJ Burns - Conservation Genetics, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) is a widespread North American species of bird that
has declined since the mid-1960s primarily due to habitat modification. Throughout its …

Phylogeography and morphometric variation in the Cinnamon Hummingbird complex: Amazilia rutila (Aves: Trochilidae)

M Vázquez-López, N Córtes-Rodríguez… - Avian Research, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The Mesoamerican dominion is a biogeographic area of great interest
due to its complex topography and distinctive climatic history. This area has a large diversity …