Three upheavals shaped southern Mexico to Panama (SMP) biodiversity: 1. The Great
American Interchange that allowed migrations between the Neotropical and the Nearctic …

Species dominance and biodiversity in plant communities have received considerable
attention and characterisation. However, species codominance, while often alleged, is …

Loss of vegetation cover is a major factor that endangers biodiversity. Therefore, the use of
geographic information systems and the analysis of satellite images are important for …

Land-use changes have affected biodiversity and the role it plays in ecological functioning
throughout the Neotropics. It is important to understand the response of species to land-use …

Antecedentes y Objetivos: Dentro del Área Natural Protegida Sierra Fría (ANPSF),
Aguascalientes, México, se han llevado a cabo algunos estudios sobre la composición …

Cloud forest ecosystems of the Latin American tropics are highly threatened by changes in
land-use such as expanding croplands and livestock pastures that promote shifts in the …

Abstract Changes in climate and land cover have substantially modified the geographic
range of several species, particularly those with specific ecological requirements, such as …

Agroforestry systems, such as shade coffee plantations, favor the maintenance of woody
vegetation, which promotes the presence of pollinators such as hummingbirds. Many shade …

Abstract Knowledge of bird species diversity along elevational gradients is key for
understanding the distributional limits of species and, ultimately, for promoting measures …

Mexico hosts the highest species richness of pines (Pinus, Pinaceae) worldwide; however,
the priority areas for their conservation in the country are unknown. In this study, the …