In case some one on this list has expertise in this area.
Cheers,
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Ashwani
Vasishth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~vasishth
>Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 06:09:17 -0700
>From: "Adam M. Sowards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: History of Extinction in Mexico
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>From: Paul Hirt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: 26 April 2006
>Subject: History of Extinction in Mexico
>
>Dear colleagues,
> I have a friend in Mexico City, Oscar Moctezuma, who is the executive
>director of one of Mexico's premier conservation organizations, Naturalia,
>and he is pursuing a research project on Mexican vertebrate species that
>have gone extinct in the 20th century. He has identified 43 species so far
>and want to produce a book on the causes of their decline and extinction as
>an educational tool for conservation efforts in Mexico. Is anyone out there
>doing similar research already? Does anyone know of someone who might be
>interested in taking on some of this research as a thesis or dissertation
>project? Does anyone have suggestions on where information about extinct
>species may be found in North American archives (e.g., the Smithsonian, the
>American Museum of Natural History)? You can reply to this list or to me
>or to Oscar directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Paul
>-- Paul Hirt Department of History Arizona State University Tempe, AZ
>85287-4302 ph: 480-727-9084 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
