Biodiversity, ecosystems, and conservation in northern Mexico /

Other Authors: Ceballos, Gerardo.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=143302
Table of Contents:
  • Biodiversity, ecosystems, and conservation : prospects for northern Mexico / Jean-Luc E. Cartron, Gerardo Ceballos, and Richard S. Felger
  • Northern Mexico's landscape, part 1. : The physical setting and constraints on modeling biotic evolution / Ismael Ferrusquía-Villafranca, Laura I. González Guzmán, and Jean-Luc E. Cartron
  • Northern Mexico's landscape, part 2. : The biotic setting across time / Ismael Ferrusquía-Villafranca and Laura I. González Guzmán
  • Recent history of natural resource use and population growth in Northern Mexico / Scott H. Stoleson [and others]
  • Mexico's legal and institutional framework for the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems / Alberto Székely [and others]
  • Distribution and diversity of grasses in the Yécora region of the Sierra Madre occidental of Eastern Sonora, Mexico / Thomas R. Van Devender [and others]
  • Scorpion biodiversity and patterns of endemism in Northern Mexico / W. David Sissom and Brent E. Hendrixson
  • Fishes of the continental waters of Tamaulipas : diversity and conservation status / Francisco J. García de León [and others]
  • Historical and ecological biogeography of the terrestrial herpetofauna of Northern Baja California / L. Lee Grismer and Eric Mellink
  • Macrofaunal diversity in the Gulf of California / Richard C. Brusca [and others]
  • Hummingbird communities along and elevational gradient in the Sierra Madre occidental of Eastern Sonora, Mexico / Thomas R. Van Devender [and others]
  • Mammalian phylogeography and evolutionary history of Northern Mexico's deserts / David J. Hafner and Brett R. Riddle
  • Extreme succulent plant diversity on Cerro Colorado near San Ignacio, Baja California Sur / Mark A. Dimmitt, John F. Wiens, and Thomas R. Van Devender
  • Cactus diversity and endemism in the Chihuahuan desert region / Héctor M. Herńandez and Carlos Gómez-Hinostrosa
  • Cetacean diversity and conservation in the Gulf of California / Jorge Urbán R. [and others]
  • The ecological importance of mangroves in Baja California Sur : conservation implications for an endangered ecosystem / Robert C. Whitmore [and others]
  • Avian communities of arroyos and desert oases in Baja California Sur : implications for conservation / Ricardo Rodríguez-Estrella, Ma. Carmen Blaźquez, and Juan Manuel Lobato G.
  • Impact of concrete power poles on raptors and ravens in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico / Jean-Luc E. Cartron [and others]
  • Baja California's enduring Mediterranean vegetation : early accounts, human impacts, and conservation status / Richard A. Minnich and Ernesto Franco-Vizcaíno
  • History, ecology, and conservation of the pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, and black bear in Mexico / Rodrigo A. Medellín [and others]
  • Sea turtles in Northwestern Mexico : conservation, ethnobiology, and desperation / Richard S. Felger, Wallace J. Nichols, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff
  • Prairie dogs, cattle, and crops : diversity and conservation of the grassland-shrubland habitat mosaic in Northwestern Chihuahua / Gerardo Ceballos [and others]
  • Habitat associations and conservation of grassland birds in the Chihuahuan desert region : two case studies in Chihuahua / Martha J. Desmond [and others]
  • Nesting seabirds of the Gulf of California's offshore islands : diversity, ecology and conservation / Enriqueta Velarde [and others].