The Mammals of Michoacan, Mexico: Zoogeography in an Area of Endemism and Biotic Interface (U.S.-Mexico Research)

9301940欧文这个美洲计划奖将支持得克萨斯理工大学的吉列尔莫·欧文教授、墨西哥国立自治大学（UNAM）的Cornelio Sanchez-Hernandez教授和墨西哥伊斯塔帕拉帕自治大学的Ricardo洛佩斯Wilchis教授之间的研究合作。 该研究的目的是在墨西哥南部横向火山带的西端米霍坎进行生物多样性研究。 首席研究员和他的合作者将对哺乳动物及其外寄生节肢动物进行调查，重点是区域生物多样性和生物地理学问题。 结合遗传，形态，核型，和外寄生虫的数据，从每个标本将提供一个强大的工具，从进化的角度来评估系统和speographic现象。 ***

9301940 Owen This Americas Program award will support a research collaboration between Prof. Guillermo Owen of Texas Tech University, and Prof. Cornelio Sanchez-Hernandez of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) and Prof. Ricardo Lopez Wilchis of the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana in Iztapalapa, Mexico. The purpose of the research is to conduct biodiversity studies in Michoacan, the western end of the transverse volcanic belt of southern Mexico. The principal investigator and his collaborators will conduct a survey of mammals, and their ectoparasitic arthropods, focusing on questions of regional biodiversity and biogeography. Combined genetic, morphological, karyotypic, and ectoparasitic data from each specimen will provide a powerful tool for evaluating systematic and biogeographic phenomena from an evolutionary perspective. ***