Overview
- Focuses on the faunal groups of Mexico, their ecosystems and the vital processes involved in the present threats
- Covers a region of great geomorphic, climate and organismic diversity
- Addresses the many challenges for the preservation of both the cultural legacy of Mexico and its biological richness
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Processes
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Robert W. Jones is an entomologist with interest in systematics, tropical ecology and subsistence agriculture. He graduated with a B.Sc. from the University of Massachusetts and a Master’s and PhD from Texas A&M University. He has conducted research in Honduras and worked in various regions of Mexico. For the past 24 years has been a professor, researcher and zoology collection curator at the Autonomous University of Querétaro in central Mexico. Since 1996, he has been a member of the National Researchers System of CONACYT, Mexico, presently at level 2. He has over 65 journal articles, 21 book chapters and several publications for the general public.
Dr. Patricia Ornelas García is an ichthyologist whose research is focused on the evolutionary biology of freshwater fishes. She obtained a B.Sc. degree from Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, at Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, and her Ph.D. from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. She is a Full Professor at Instituto de Biología, UNAM. She has authored 38 scientific publications, including 23 journal articles, 6 book chapters, 3 books, and 6 contributions for the general public. She has been recognized with level 1 at the National Researchers System of CONACYT, México.
Dr. Rubén Pineda-López is a Biologist and Master of Science from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and Ph. D. from Universidad de Alicante, Spain. He is a full-time professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. Currently it is focused on the study of the patterns of bird diversity, especially how birds are affected in aquatic and urban environments. Author of 28 scientific articles, six books and eight book chapters. He has been recognized with level 1 at the National Researchers System of CONACYT, México.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mexican Fauna in the Anthropocene
Editors: Robert W. Jones, C. Patricia Ornelas-García, Rubén Pineda-López, Fernando Álvarez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17277-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17276-2Published: 31 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17279-3Published: 01 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-17277-9Published: 30 January 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 597
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations
Topics: Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Zoology, Zoology