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 …

An exploration of species boundaries in turret-building tarantulas of the Mojave Desert (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae, Aphonopelma)

BE Hendrixson, BM DeRussy, CA Hamilton… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Tarantulas in the North American genus Aphonopelma are poorly known due to their
challenging patterns of morphological variation and questionable taxonomy; few specimens …

Demographic consequences of foraging ecology explain genetic diversification in Neotropical bird species

MJ Miller, E Bermingham, BL Turner… - Ecology …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Despite evidence that species' traits affect rates of bird diversification, biogeographic studies
tend to prioritise earth history in Neotropical bird speciation. Here we compare mitochondrial …

[HTML][HTML] Patrones históricos y actuales de diversidad y relaciones biogeográficas de la avifauna residente de los bosques tropicales de México

A Llanes-Quevedo, LE Sánchez-Ramos… - Revista mexicana de …, 2024‏ - scielo.org.mx
Presentamos un análisis de la diversidad y de los patrones biogeográficos de 260 especies
de aves residentes de los bosques tropicales de México, realizado a partir de datos …

In and out of Mesoamerica: temporal divergence of Amazilia hummingbirds pre‐dates the orthodox account of the completion of the Isthmus of Panama

JF Ornelas, C González… - Journal of …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim We used mitochondrial DNA sequences to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships of
Mesoamerican A mazilia hummingbirds (T rochilidae). The phylogeny was used to identify …

Diversification across the New World within the 'blue'cardinalids (Aves: Cardinalidae)

RW Bryson Jr, J Chaves, BT Smith… - Journal of …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim To examine the history of diversification of 'blue'cardinalids (Cardinalidae) across North
and South America. Location North America (including Middle America) and South America …

Phylogeography of the widespread white-eared hummingbird (Hylocharis leucotis): pre-glacial expansion and genetic differentiation of populations separated by the …

LE Zamudio-Beltrán, Y Licona-Vera… - Biological Journal of …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
The Pleistocene glacial cycles had a strong influence on the demography and genetic
structure of many species, particularly on northern-latitude taxa. Here we studied the …

Genetic, Ecological and Morphological Divergence between Populations of the Endangered Mexican Sheartail Hummingbird (Doricha eliza)

Y Licona-Vera, JF Ornelas - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
The Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza), an endangered hummingbird, is endemic to Mexico
where two populations have a disjunct distribution. One population is distributed along the …

Continental-scale analysis reveals deep diversification within the polytypic Red-crowned Ant Tanager (Habia rubica, Cardinalidae)

PD Lavinia, P Escalante, NC García, AS Barreira… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
We explored the phylogeographic patterns of intraspecific diversity in the Red-crowned Ant
Tanager (Habia rubica) throughout its continent-wide distribution, in order to understand its …

Molecular and iridescent feather reflectance data reveal recent genetic diversification and phenotypic differentiation in a cloud forest hummingbird

JF Ornelas, C González… - Ecology and …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The present day distribution and spatial genetic diversity of Mesoamerican biota reflects a
long history of responses to habitat change. The hummingbird Lampornis amethystinus is …