Journal
Discover Plants
Discover Plants is an open access journal publishing research from all fields relevant to plant science.
This collection of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the American drylands. It includes reviews of the accumulated knowledge since the first formal studies in the Desert Laboratory more than one hundred years ago, as well as the latest study cases involving extremophiles in true American deserts, their genomics, ecophysiology, and population ecology. Additionally, it includes articles exploring large-scale vegetation dynamics and ecosystem processes under severe water limitations and concludes with an examination of the consequences of Global Climate Change on the American drylands.
Keywords: Deserts, Global Change, Genetics, Cacti, Interaction networks, Populations, Ecophysiology, Pollination, Dispersal, Niche, Dry forest
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Maria C. Mandujano
Maria C. Mandujano, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico María C. Mandujano is a professor at the Institute of Ecology at UNAM, where she earned her PhD in Ecology. She completed her postdoctoral research in population genetics at New Mexico State University. Her work focuses on population ecology, particularly cacti sexual systems and pollinators in Cuatro Ciénegas and Mapimí, as well as the Querétaro drylands in the Chihuahuan Desert. -
Alberto Búrquez
Alberto Búrquez, PhD, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico Dr Búrquez got his PhD at the University of Cambridge (England). He has a background of working in diverse ecosystems such as alpine environments, tropical mountains, evergreen tropical forests, dry forests, mountain forests, and the main desert biomes of northwestern Mexico. He has authored numerous research articles and several books. These cover a wide range of topics including population ecology and genetics, pollination and dispersal of seeds, desert vegetation dynamics, and the use of resources and land conservation by indigenous cultures in desert regions.
