Flora Of The Gran Desierto And R O Colorado Of Northwestern Mexico
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Flora of the Gran Desierto and R o Colorado Delta
Author | : Richard Stephen Felger |
Publsiher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 686 |
Release | : 2023-02-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780816552399 |
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From the Pinacate lava fields and expansive dunes to the shores of the Gulf of California, the Gran Desierto is one of the hottest and driest places in the Western Hemisphere. Yet this region in the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico embraces a remarkable number of habitats with a fascinating and surprisingly rich flora. This is the heart of the Sonoran Desert, still in a largely primordial state, in juxtaposition with the ravished wetlands of the once great Río Colorado. Flora of the Gran Desierto is the culmination of more than twenty-five years of research in this magnificent desert and delta by botanist Richard Felger. This comprehensive floristic study of more than 565 species of vascular plants features original diagnostic descriptions and innovative identification keys to the families, genera, and species. Particular attention has been devoted to taxa that are poorly known. Even weeds and their histories are treated in detail. Hundreds of illustrations by such eminent botanical artists as Lucretia Brezeale Hamilton, Matt Johnson, and Bobbi Angell will aid in the identification of plants. Common names of plants are given in English, Spanish, and O'odham. While emphasizing scientific accuracy, the book is written in an accessible style. Felger's observations and knowledge of plant ecology, geographic distribution, evolution, ethnobotany, plant variation and special adaptations, and the history of the region provides botanists, naturalists, ecologists, conservationists, and anyone else celebrating the desert with readable, interesting, and important information. With two of Mexico's newest biosphere reserves—the Pinacate and the Upper Gulf of California—this region is a keystone for desert conservation efforts. Its location linking vast preserves to the north makes this book especially useful for anyone interested in borderland studies and the Sonoran Desert. Flora of the Gran Desierto represents a most creative, definitive, and enthusiastic treatment of Sonoran Desert plant life and is highly relevant to ecological restoration in deserts and wetlands in arid places worldwide.
Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences
Author | : Southern California Academy of Sciences |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : MINN:31951P00813384U |
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Flora of North America
Author | : Flora of North America Editorial Committee |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 13 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Botany |
ISBN | : OCLC:1017055481 |
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Flora of North America North of Mexico
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0190868511 |
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Southwestern Desert Resources
Author | : William L. Halvorson,Cecil R. Schwalbe,Charles van Riper |
Publsiher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2023-01-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780816552412 |
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The southwestern deserts stretch from southeastern California to west Texas and then south to central Mexico. The landscape of this region is known as basin and range topography featuring to “sky islands” of forest rising from the desert lowlands which creates a uniquely diverse ecology. The region is further complicated by an international border, where governments have caused difficulties for many animal populations. This book puts a spotlight on individual research projects which are specific examples of work being done in the area and when they are all brought together, to shed a general light of understanding the biological and cultural resources of this vast region so that those same resources can be managed as effectively and efficiently as possible. The intent is to show that collaborative efforts among federal, state agency, university, and private sector researchers working with land managers, provides better science and better management than when scientists and land managers work independently.
Invasive Plants on the Move
Author | : Etats-Unis. Federal highway administration,Universidad nacional autónoma (Mexico),Arizona-Sonora desert museum (Tucson, Arizona, Etats-Unis) |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Invasive plants |
ISBN | : 1886679282 |
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Endemism in Vascular Plants
Author | : Carsten Hobohm |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2013-08-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789400769137 |
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The book is the first comprehensive analysis of the macroecology and geobotany of endemic vascular plants with case-studies and analyses from different regions in the world. Endemism is a pre-extinction phenomenon. Endemics are threatened with extinction. Due to international nature conservation policies and due to the perception of the public the concept’s importance is increasing. Endemism can result from different biological and environmental processes. Depending on the process conservation measures should be adapted. Endemic vascular plant taxa, in the setting of their species composition and vegetation types are important features of landscapes and indicators of the quality of relating habitats. The book is an important basis for biologists, ecologists, geographers, planners and managers of nature reserves and national parks, and people generally interested in nature conservation and biogeography of vascular plants.