We present a review on the conservation status and population trends of the 372 amphibian species currently recognized for Mexico. We based our analyses on the information gathered by the International Union for the ...

The concept of Megamexico as a phytogeographic unit has been introduced by Rzedowski (1991) on the basis of distribution patterns of genera. Until now precise information on the resemblance between plant communities in the ...

Mexican cloud forest vegetation has been recorded in temperate humid conditions at rather different elevations ranging from 600 to 3000 m. They are characterised by high biodiversity under continuous foggy situations. Some ...

We studied the changes in ant communities within agricultural ecosystems according with their seasonal variation and type of irrigation (well water and wastewater) in five plots. Plots were located in the Mezquital Valley, ...

Terrestrial hermit crabs (Coenobita compressus (H. Milne Edwards)) on Isabel island, Mexico, prefer Nerita (Ritena) scabricosta (Lanark 1822) over other species of shells. Nerita scabricosta, the lightest species of shell, ...

We report on Aspidoscelis sexlineata (six-lined racerunner) from the but known sites of occurrence in Mexico, one being a southward range extension of 74.3 km For the species. These sites are situated in the extreme eastern ...

The main goal of this study is to document the biogeographical patterns, current status and conservation of 24 species of vascular plants in Mexico, all of them recorded in some risk category in the Mexican official ...

We present a list of noteworthy distributional records for 12 species of birds in the Mexican state of Guerrero. One (Dendroica striata) is new for the state, and the remaining either significantly expand their known ...

In many tropical bird species, both males and females maintain elaborate plumage traits. Although there is considerable evidence that many male plumage traits function as status signals that convey information about fighting ...