Summer 2022 Research in Mexico

by Dr. Martha Case | June 10, 2022

A beautiful vista in the Sierra de las Cruces in Mexico

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Left to right: Dr. Fernando Galeana Rodriguez (IIC, Sociology), Gabriel Martínez Molina (Milpa Alta Biological Monitoring), Bibiana Mirones ’23 (W&M Interdisciplinary Studies), Jordan Bryant ’23 (W&M Biology), María Magdalena García Loaeza (Milpa Alta Biological Monitoring), and Dr. Victor Ávila Akerberg (ICAR-UAEM).

Project participants take a break to enjoy the wilderness and working together. Left to right: Dr. Fernando Galeana Rodriguez (IIC, Sociology), Gabriel Martínez Molina (Milpa Alta Biological Monitoring), Bibiana Mirones ’23 (W&M Interdisciplinary Studies), Jordan Bryant ’23 (W&M Biology), María Magdalena García Loaeza (Milpa Alta Biological Monitoring), and Dr. Victor Ávila Akerberg (ICAR-UAEM).

Left to right: María Magdalena García Loaeza (Milpa Alta Biological Monitoring), Jordan Bryant ’23 (W&M Biology), and Bibiana Mirones ’23 (W&M Interdisciplinary Studies) Left to right: Gabriel Martínez Molina (Milpa Alta Biological Monitoring), Bibiana Mirones ’23 (W&M Interdisciplinary Studies), and Jordan Bryant ’23 (W&M Biology).

International teamwork. Jordan and Bibiana team up with Gabriel and María Magdalena to begin documentation of the plant life (left) and monitor the effects of reforestation in Pinus hartwegii (Mexican pine) habitat adjacent to the subalpine grassland (right). Jordan and Bibiana received intense training with Dr. Martha Case (advisor to the project) last year to familiarize themselves with the common Mexican flora of the region and the floristic literature. Serendipitously, the project is centered in the same region where Dr. Case’s Ph.D. advisor (Dr. John Beaman, Michigan State University) began his career; many of his research contributions are important for the current research.