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Mexican Avifauna of the Anthropocene

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Mexican Fauna in the Anthropocene

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Mexico’s megadiverse avifauna includes many endemic taxa and unique diversity patterns, as well as species that are widely distributed across the Americas. Of the roughly 10,500 bird species currently recognized worldwide, about 11% are found in Mexico, and more than 200 species are considered endemic. However, according to national and international checklists, almost 44% of bird species are under some level of threat. The Mexican avifauna has suffered considerable changes due to anthropogenic disturbances (urbanization, habitat loss, and fragmentation), pollution across landscapes, and global climate change. Nonetheless, details of their response to accelerated landscape transformation and global warming remain somewhat opaque. In this chapter, we aim to: (i) present a general characterization of both ecological and geographic patterns in the bird taxa whose presence has been confirmed across Mexico; and (ii) document how anthropization factors like pollution, urbanization, land use change, and climate change have impacted the spatiotemporal patterns of avifauna biodiversity across the country. We then review how this knowledge has – or has not – resulted in effective conservation measures to ensure the long-term integrity of the avifauna. Based on this information, we discuss current challenges and future opportunities in these research topics. In a developing country like Mexico, where economic resources for conservation are limited, this information is crucial for long-term conservation policy decisions and for understanding the costs and consequences of inaction.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the editors of the book for the useful comments and for inviting us to write this chapter; it has opened our eyes to the complexity of the biodiversity crisis and conservation across Mexico. Daniela Remolina-Figueroa, Jenifer Vargas, Giovani Medrano, Acis González, Ek Rodríguez, Luis Diego Martínez, Ilse Gutierrez, Alexis Mendoza, Oscar Brito, and Mónica Ramos, helped in surveying the literature used for analyses. We also thank the Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGAPA-UNAM; PAPIIT projects: IN215818; IN221920, IN214621; IA202822; IA210820), the Programa de Investigación en Cambio Climatico (PINCC-UNAM [grant to DAP-T and MCA]), the Rufford Foundation (DAP-T 16017-1; DAP-T 20284-2; DAP-T 28502B), the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT; project 152060), and the Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO; project JM071) for the financial support that allowed us to perform the research and produce the illustrations that are included in this chapter. We thank BioPic (Biosphera Picture AC) for allowing the use of photos in Fig. 8.1. 

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  1. Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlalnepantla, Estado de México, Mexico

    David A. Prieto-Torres, Leopoldo D. Vázquez-Reyes & Patricia Ramírez-Bastida

  2. Museo de Zoología, Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

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    María del Coro Arizmendi

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Prieto-Torres, D.A. et al. (2023). Mexican Avifauna of the Anthropocene. In: Jones, R.W., Ornelas-García, C.P., Pineda-López, R., Álvarez, F. (eds) Mexican Fauna in the Anthropocene. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17277-9_8

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