Description: PART I: Historical Background1. I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca: Geology of Mexico: A Synopsis2. A. Graham: Historical Factors and Biological Diversity in Mexico3. Jerzy Rzedowski: Diversity and Origins of the Phanerogamic Flora of MexicoPART II: Selected Faunistic Groups of Mexico4. J. Llorente-Bousquets and A. Luis Martinez: A Conservation Oriented Analysis of Mexican Butterflies: Papilionidae5. R. Ayala, T. L. Griswold, and S.H. Bulloc: The Native Bees of Mexico6. H. Espinoza-Perez, P. Fuentes-Mata, M. T. Gaspar-Dillanes and V. Arena: Notes on Mexican Ichthyofauna7. O. Flores-Vilella: Herpetofauna of Mexico: Distribution and Endemism8. P. Escalante P., A.G. Navarro-Siguenza and A. Townsend Peterson: A Geographic, Ecological and Historical Analysis of Land Bird Diversity in Mexico9. A Townsend Peterson and N. Vargas B.: Ecological Diversity in Scrub Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens)10. J.E. Fa and L. Miguel M.: Patterns of Mammalian Diversity in Mexico11. C. Delgadillo: Diversity in the Mexican Bryoflora12. R. Riba: Notes on Distribution of and Endemism in Mexican Pteridophytes13. B.T. Styles: The Genus Pinus in Mexico14. D. Hunt: The Commelinaceae of Mexico15. J. Valdes R. and I. Cabral C.: Chorology of Mexican Grasses16. K.C. Nixon: The Genus Quercus in Mexico17. M. Sousa S. and A. Delgado S.: Mexican Leguminosae: Phytogeography and Origins18. T. P. Ramamoorthy and M. Elliott: Mexican Lamiaceae: Diversity, Distribution, Endemism and Evolution19. T. F. Daniel: Mexican Acanthaceae: Diversity and Distribution20. B.L. Turner and G. L. Nesom: Biogeography, Diversity and Endangered or Threatened Status of Mexican Asteraceae21. A. Lot, A. Novelo and P. Ramirez-Garcia: Diversity of Mexican Aquatic Vascular Plant Flora22. T. Wendt: Composition, Floristic Affinities and Origins of the Canopy Tree Flora of the Mexican Atlantic Rain Forests23. J. Andrew McDonald: Phytogeography and History of the Alpine-subalpine Flora of Northeastern Mexico24. R. Bye: The Role of Humans in the Diversification of Plants in Mexico25. E. Hernandez X.: Aspects of Domestication of Plants in Mexico: A Personal View26. V. Toledo and Ma. de Jesus: The Biodiversity Scenario of Mexico: A Review of Mexico's Terrestrial Habitats

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