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1. Ecology and Management of Tropical Natural Resources

Projects:

• Environmental regulation of CAM Photosynthesis, the Crassulacean Acid Mechanism.
• Population dynamics, conservation and management of native threatened plants.
• Ethnoecology of wild oregano (orégano de monte, Lippia graveolens), as the basis for its sustainable harvesting.
• Patterns, process and mechanisms of medium-statured forest regeneration.
• Scenarios for climate change and vulnerability in the Yucatan Peninsula.
• Ecology of the interactions among angiosperms, pollinators and nectar microorganisms.
• Landscape heterogeneity effects on bird communities in the Yucatan Peninsula.

• Alfonso Larqué Saavedra
• Rafael Duran García
• Roger Orellana Lanza
• Jose Luis Andrade Torres
• Luz María Calvo Irabién
• Juan Manuel Dupuy Rada
• Jose Luis Hernández Stefanoni
• Azucena Canto Aguilar
• Eurídice Leyequién Abarca
• Cassandra Reyes García

2. Diversity and Evolution of Phytogenetic Resources

Projects:

Origin, genetic diversity, domestication and crop improvement of several cultivated plant groups:

• Coconut
• Agave
• Beans
• Maize
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Researchers

• Daniel Zizumbo Villarreal
• Patricia Colunga García Marín
• Jaime Martínez Castillo
• Javier Mijangos Cortés

3. Systematics and Floristics

Projects:

Diversity, systematics and phylogeny of:

• Orchidaceae (orchid family)
• Bromeliaceae (pineapple family)
• Fabaceae (bean family)
• Amaranthaceae (amaranth family) 

Researchers 

• Germán Carnevali Fernández-Concha
• Ivón Ramírez Morillo
• Rodrigo Duno de Stefano
• Ivonne Sáncez de Pino