Overview

Mexico has been recognized as one of the most diverse countries in the world with roughly 10-12 per cent of world's species in a territory of only approximately 1.5 per cent of the world's total emerged land. In general, the explanation for the high number of species richness in Mexico has been sought in the complex geologic history, the varied climatic regions because of the large altitudinal differences and the fact that two of the major realms, the Nearctic and Neotropic, meet in Mexico. This book shows numerous methodologies for collecting, processing and analyzing data from natural area, illustrating it in applications to Mexico's Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl National Park. The book is written for ecologists, geographers, graduate biology students and natural resource managers. It therefore responds directly and primarily to their viewpoints and objectives. However, since ecosystem management and decisions about natural-area preservation take place within socioeconomic and political environments that are dynamic and plural, conflicts with those objectives are sure to arise. Therefore, the last chapter goes beyond managers' objectives and viewpoints per se to explore and respond to potential conflicts.

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Author:   Gerrit W. Heil ,  Roland Bobbink ,  Nuri Trigo Boix
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Volume:   No. 29
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9781402017087

ISBN 10:   1402017081
Pages:   231
Publication Date:   31 December 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PrefaceMexico's central volcanoes area: an introduction, Roland Bobbink and Gerrit W. HeilClassification and mapping of the vegetation using field observations and remote sensing, Nuri Trigo Boix, Aurora Chimal-Hernandez, Gerrit W. Heil, Roland Bobbink, and Betty VerduynMan-induced changes in vegetation cover in the Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl Region, Gerrit W. Heil, Roland Bobbink, and Betty VerduynBirds of the Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl National Park and their significance for ecotourism, Alejandro Melendez-Herrada, Nuri Trigo Boix and Aurora Chimal-Hernandez Effects of habitat fragmentation on the mammalian assemblage at the Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl Volcanoes, Mexico, Alejandro Velazquez, Francisco J. Romero, Hector Rangel-Cordero, and Gerrit W. Heil Dynamics of plant communities in the Iztaccihuatl--Popocatepetl National Park, Gerrit W. HeilRemote Sensing biomass of forested ecosystems: Modelling the carbon cycle of the Iztaccihuatl --Popocatepetl National Park, Mexico, Gerrit W. Heil, Roland Bobbink, Nuri Trigo Boix, and Betty VerduynStrategic Planning of the Iztaccihuatl--Popocatepetl National Park, Juan Manuel Chavez Cortes, Marta M. Chavez Cortes, Gilberto S. Binnquist Cervantes, Ivan Roldan Aragon, Euridice Leyequien Abarca, Gerardo Romano Delon Ecology and Man: Synthesis, Gerrit W Heil, Roland Bobbink, and Nuri Trigo Boix Index

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