A single sample is not enough to claim systematic conclusions, much less for taxa of conservation concern: comments on Jaramillo and Ruiz-García (2022)

Autores/as

  • David Valenzuela-Galván SACBÉ - Servicios Ambientales, Conservación Biológica y Educación A.C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6324-4374
  • Ella Vázquez-Domínguez Departamento de Ecología de la Biodiversidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6131-2014
  • Alfredo D. Cuarón SACBÉ – Servicios Ambientales, Conservación Biológica y Educación A.C., Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04010, México http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-6079
  • Luis-Bernardo Vázquez Grupo de Ecología, paisaje y sustentabilidad, Departamento de Observación y Estudio de la Tierra, la Atmósfera y el Océano, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de las Casas 29290, Chiapas, México http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1673-2455
  • Alejandro Flores-Manzanero Departamento de Ecología de la Biodiversidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6141-3752
  • Sergio Nigenda-Morales Unidad de Genómica Avanzada, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica de la Biodiversidad (LANGEBIO), Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Irapuato, Guanajuato, México http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2301-6975

Palabras clave:

Conservation, Systematics, Nasua nelsoni, Nasua narica, Nasua narica nelsoni, coati, Cozumel dwarf coati, pìzote,

Resumen

Letter to the Editor

Biografía del autor/a

David Valenzuela-Galván, SACBÉ - Servicios Ambientales, Conservación Biológica y Educación A.C.

Director General

Alfredo D. Cuarón, SACBÉ – Servicios Ambientales, Conservación Biológica y Educación A.C., Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04010, México

Director General

Citas

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2023-03-08

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Editorial