The desert islands of Mexico's Sea of Cortez /

This biogeographical guide book of the islands of the Sea of Cortez explores both the forces that created and the plants and animals that call them home. The author discusses some of the ecological challenges faced in the region, including overfishing, mining operations, and other ever-present probl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aitchison, Stewart W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Natural history > Mexico > California, Gulf of, Region.
Natural history > Mexico > Baja California (Peninsula)
Environmental degradation > Mexico > California, Gulf of, Region.
Desert ecology > Mexico > California, Gulf of, Region.
Island ecology > Mexico > California, Gulf of, Region.
Sciences naturelles > Mexique > Basse-Californie.
TRAVEL > General.
Desert ecology
Ecology
Environmental degradation
Island ecology
Natural history
Insel.
Wüstentiere.
Wüstenpflanzen.
California, Gulf of, Region (Mexico) > Environmental conditions.
California, Gulf of (Mexico) > Environmental conditions.
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) > Environmental conditions.
Californie, Golfe de (Mexique) > Conditions environnementales.
Basse-Californie (Mexique) > Conditions environnementales.
Mexico > Baja California (Peninsula)
Mexico > Gulf of California Region
Pacific Ocean > Gulf of California
Golf von Kalifornien.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The big split : the geologic origin of the gulf and its islands
  • Lessons from Anak Krakatoa : an introduction to island biogeography
  • Mexico's Galápagos : island life
  • Flying card tables and breaching buses : life around the islands
  • Vanishing vaquitas and burning deserts : threatened ecosystems.

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