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  • Author Profiles

Clare Aslan
Assistant research professor at Northern Arizona University. Community ecologist and conservation biologist interested in ecology and conservation of species interactions.

Scott E. K. Bennett
Research geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Seattle. Research involves field-based paleoseismology to understand hazards associated with active faults in the western United States.

Luis Bourillón
Founder, liaison, and outreach coordinator within Comunidad y Biodiversidad, A.C. Focus is on marine mammal ecology, island conservation, and small-scale fisheries.

Judith L. Bronstein
University distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, University of Arizona. Her research focuses on mutualistic interactions worldwide.

Alberto Búrquez
Associate research professor, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hermosillo Campus. Research focus is on ecology of arid and semi-arid zones.

Enriquena Bustamante Ortega
Research assistant, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hermosillo Campus. Research focuses on reproductive ecology of columnar cacti.

John Carpenter
Research professor of archaeology, Instituto de Antropología e Historia–Centro INAH Sonora in Hermosillo, Sonora. Research focuses on long-term human adaptation. [End Page 517]

Alejandro Castillo-López
Project coordinator, Program of Marine Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries, Pronatura Noroeste A.C., Ensenada, Baja California. Research focus is on coastal fisheries.

Ana Cinti
Assistant researcher, Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT), Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Research focuses on fishing communities in Latin America.

D. L. Coleman
Materials scientist in Tucson, Arizona. Interested in the prose found in scientific literature of the early scientists who lived and worked on Tumamoc Hill, Tucson, Arizona.

Richard Cudney-Bueno
Associate researcher, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona. Research focuses on fisheries and conservation.

Gustavo Danemann
Program director, Marine Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries, Pronatura Noroeste A.C., Ensenada, Baja California. Research focuses on conservation of Northwest Mexico.

Greer Dolby
Ph.D. candidate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles. Work integrates physical processes with biological evolutionary patterns.

Jennifer N. Duberstein
Wildlife biologist, social scientist, and education and outreach coordinator, Sonoran Joint Venture. Works in bird and habitat conservation in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Kim Franklin
Conservation research scientist, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Work focuses on pollinator conservation in the Sonoran Desert and climate change in the mountain ranges of southern Arizona. [End Page 518]

Silvio Guido Marinone
Researcher, Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Baja California. Research focuses on modeling and tidal circulation in the Gulf of California.

Kathleen Koopman
Artist. Works largely with the assemblage and collage of found objects.

Miguel Fernando Lavín (1951–2014)
Researcher, Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Baja California. Research focused on physical oceanography of the Gulf of California and Pacific.

Andrés Lira-Noriega
Researcher, Cátedras CONACyT in the Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Veracruz. Research focuses on analysis of species distribution over multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Blanca R. López
Assistant researcher, Environmental Microbiology Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), La Paz, Baja California Sur. Agronomist of microorganisms.

Eric Magrane
Poet-in-residence, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, and a Ph.D. candidate in geography at the University of Arizona. Work focuses on art, geography, and the environment.

Brigitte Marazzi
Researcher, Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina. Research focuses on plant morphology and evolution, especially evolutionary history of plant-animal interactions.

Cathy Moser Marlett
Author and illustrator of minority language literacy publications for SIL International. Work focuses on Seri ethnography, biology, and scientific illustration. [End Page 519]

Kevin E. McHugh
Associate professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University. Cultural geographer focusing on theories of space, place, landscape, and movement.

Rodrigo A. Medellín
Research professor, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de...

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