NSF/AID: Terrestrial Vertebrate Faunas of the Humid Montane Forests of Oaxaca: An Intensive Biological Survey and Geographic Analysis

这项研究包括对 分布、多样性和特有性 脊椎动物区系（两栖动物、爬行动物、鸟类和哺乳动物） 墨西哥南部瓦哈卡州的一个潮湿的山地森林。 将用两年的时间探索这四座山脉， 动物区系最不为人所知的国家： Miahuatlan，Sierra de Yucuyacua，Sierra de Huautla，and various Chimalapas地区的山脉。 从其他 最近的探索，以及历史记录， 在地理信息系统（GIS）数据库中。 GIS将 允许分析动物区系数据， 地理特征、经济特征和政治特征 限制. 这项研究是一个合作的努力， 自然历史博物馆和国立自治大学 墨西哥，并将导致七个年轻的墨西哥培训 生物学家在技术生物库存，数据 管理、标本管理和保护分析 优先事项

The study consists of an analysis of patterns of distribution, diversity and endemism in the terrestrial vertebrate fauna (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) of humid montane forests in the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. Two years will be spent exploring the four mountain ranges in the state that are least well known faunistically: the Sierra de Miahuatlan, Sierra de Yucuyacua, Sierra de Huautla, and various mountains in the Chimalapas region. Information from other recent explorations, as well as historical records, will be added in a geographic information system (GIS) data base. The GIS will allow analysis of the faunistic data in relation to physical geographic features, economic characteristics, and political limits. This study is a collaborative effort between the Field Museum of Natural History and the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, and will result in the training of seven young Mexican biologists in techniques for biological inventories, data management, specimen curation, and analysis of conservation priorities.