Jorge Soberón,^* Pilar Rodríguez,^** Ella Vázquez-Domínguez<sup>***


*</sup>Jorge Soberón Mainero obtained a PhD in ecology at Imperial College, London University. He is a researcher at the Institute of Ecology of the National University of Mexico and he specializes in mathematical modelling and conservation biology. He has been the Executive Secretary of the Mexican National Commission on Biodiversity for seven years. He also was a member of the Scientifical and Technical Advisory Panel of the GEF. He has about 80 publications including scientific papers, books and chapters in books, reports and science popularization. His address: CONABIO, Fernández Leal #43, Barrio de la Concepción, Col Coyoacán, México, D.F. 04420. jsoberon@xolo.conabio.gob.mx
^**Pilar Rodríguez Moreno is interested in the biogeography and large-scale patterns of species distribution. She is also interested in methodologies to quantify diversity, specially the beta component of diversity. She received her Master's degree in 2000 at the National University of Mexico. Today, she is advisor for ecology and biodiversity conservation at the Mexican National Commission on Biodiversity. Her address: CONABIO, Fernández Leal #43, Barrio de la Concepción, Col Coyoacán, México, D.F. 04420. prodrig@xolo.conabio.gob.mx
^***Ella Vázquez-Domínguez specializes in ecology and genetics of vertebrates and conservation biology. She received her PhD in ecology in the Institute of Ecology of the National University of Mexico in 1997. She is advisor for ecology and biodiversity conservation at the Mexican National Commission on Biodiversity, collaborates as associate researcher in molecular genetics and conservation projects at the Institute of Ecology and is an associate professor of conservation biology. Her address: Department of Zoology and Entomology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia. evasquez@zoology.uq.edu.au