The Mexican transition zone (MTZ) is the complex area where the Neotropical and Nearctic
biotas overlap, including south-western United States, Mexico and a large part of Central …

I met Gonzalo Halffter twenty-one years ago. I have been invited to give a lecture on
biogeography at the Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa, Veracruz. I was young (well, I thought I …

In spite of their relatively small size as a group of insects, dung beetles have attracted an
inordinate amount of scientific interest over the years, starting with the work of the French …

The loss of biodiversity caused by human activity is assumed to alter ecosystem functioning.
However our understanding of the magnitude of the effect of these changes on functional …

''La variedad de climas y la asombrosa diversidad de sus plantas y producciones, en los
reinos animal, vegetal y mineral, presenta una fuente de abundancia donde pueden …

Conventional cattle ranching with low plant diversity and a high dependence on chemical
fertilisers and herbicides, simplifies ecosystems and negatively affects their functioning. In …

Mountains provide an interesting context in which to study the many facets of biodiversity in
response to macroclimate, since environmental conditions change rapidly due to elevation …

The global decline in insect diversity is worrisome and little is known about insects' response
to land use change. Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) are megadiverse and a key component in …

Aim We investigated changes in dung beetle β‐diversity components along a subtropical
elevational gradient, to test whether turnover or nestedness‐related processes drive the …

Biogeographical transition zones are areas of overlap, replacement or partial segregation
between different biotas, which are sets of taxa sharing similar geographical distributions as …