The scorpions of the Estación de Biología Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico with the description of a new species of Mesomexovis (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae) and an identification key [PDF]
ZooKeysMesomexovis Gonzalez-Santillan & Prendini, 2013 is a scorpion genus of the Vaejovidae family that comprises seven species, all endemic to Mexico.
André Felipe de Araujo Lira +1 more
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Insects as Stem Engineers: Interactions Mediated by the Twig-Girdler Oncideres albomarginata chamela Enhance Arthropod Diversity [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BackgroundEcosystem engineering may influence community structure and biodiversity by controlling the availability of resources and/or habitats used by other organisms.
Mauricio Quesada
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First records of Urosaurus bicarinatus (Duméril, 1856) (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from Cocinas Island, Chamela Bay, Jalisco, Mexico [PDF]
Check List, 2013 We report the first records of Urosaurus bicarinatus from Cocinas Island in Chamela Bay, Jalisco, Mexico. Four adult males were found in tropical deciduous forest on 7 and 10 December 2012.
Christian Berriozabal-Islas
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Species richness and biogeographical affinities of the marine molluscs from Bahía de Chamela, Mexico [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2020 For more than 10 years (2007-2018), the benthic macroinvertebrates of Bahía de Chamela (Mexican Pacific) were sampled at 31 sites (0-25 m depth). A total of 308 species of the five main classes of benthic molluscs were obtained (106 bivalves, 185 ...
Eduardo Ríos-Jara +6 more
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Occurrence of termites (Isoptera) on living and standing dead trees in a tropical dry forest in Mexico [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Termites play a key role as ecosystem engineers in numerous ecological processes though their role in the dynamics of wood degradation in tropical dry forests, particularly at the level of the crown canopy, has been little studied.
Nancy Calderón-Cortés +2 more
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Huitzil, 2022 Invasive species are a main cause of biodiversity loss, making it important to register their incursion into conserved, protected areas. We evaluated presence of the exotic Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) in and around the Chamela ...
Marisela Martínez-Ruíz +1 more
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Trophic Guild Structure of a Canopy Ants Community in a Mexican Tropical Deciduous Forest
Sociobiology, 2014 Ants constitute a very important element in the canopies of tropical forest. The species richness, composition and diversity of ant canopy community in a tropical deciduous forest in the Pacific Cost of Mexico was studied.
Gabriela Castaño-Meneses
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2020 Three new species of Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) from Mexico, L. manantlense sp. nov., L. tacanense sp. nov. and L. colimense sp. nov., are described and figured.
Ricardo Ayala-Barajas, Laurence Packer
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Species richness of squamate reptiles from two islands in the Mexican Pacific [PDF]
Check List, 2014 Cocinas and San Pancho Islands, located in the Bay of Chamela, Jalisco, México, are two of the few remaining island ecosystems with little ecological disturbance. We studied both islands aiming to assess their reptile richness. Because the environment in
Uriel Hernández-Salinas +2 more
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Bee diversity in secondary forests and coffee plantations in a transition between foothills and highlands in the Guatemalan Pacific Coast [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background Although conservation of pristine habitats is recognized in many countries as crucial for maintaining pollinator diversity, the contribution of secondary forest conservation is poorly recognized in the Latin American context, such as in ...
Gabriela Armas-Quiñonez +4 more
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