Humboldt’s legacy for Mexican biogeography

Organizers: Ella Vázquez, Fabricio Villalobos, Leticia Ochoa

Host Institutions: UNAM – INECOL.

A seminar about the biogeographic patterns in Mexico that inspired Humboldt.

Speakers:

• Jorge A. Meave: Alexander von Humboldt: the first ecologist of modern times?
• Ella Vázquez-Domínguez: Holocene phylogeography and rodent abundance patterns along a stratigraphic gradient
• Ricardo Rivera Reyes: Elevational patterns of amphibians and reptiles across Mexico
• Pedro Luna: Elevational gradient of biotic interactions on the Cofre de Perote mountain