Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Conservation in Northern Mexico

by Cartron, Jean-Luc E.; Ceballos, Gerardo; Felger, Richard Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780195156720
• ISBN10: 0195156722
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book describes the biodiversity and biogeography of nothern Mexico, documents the biological importance of regional ecosystems and the impacts of human land use on the conservation status of plants and wildlife. It should become the standard source document for the conservation status of species and ecosystems in this region, which is of unusual biological interest because of its high biodiversity and highly varied landscape and biological zonation.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Contributors	xiii
Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Conservation: Prospects for Northern Mexico	3	(8)
Jean-Luc E. Cartron
Gerardo Ceballos
Richard S. Felger
Part I: Historical, Geographic, and Legal Setting
Northern Mexico's Landscape, Part I: The Physical Setting and Constraints on Modeling Biotic Evolution	11	(28)
Ismael Ferrusquia-Villafranca
Laura I. Gonzalez Guzman
Jean-Luc E. Cartron
Northern Mexico's Landscape, Part II: The Biotic Setting across Time	39	(13)
Ismael Ferrusquia-Villafranca
Laura I. Gonzalez-Guzman
Recent History of Natural Resource Use and Population Growth in Northern Mexico	52	(35)
Scott H. Stoleson
Richard S. Felger
Gerardo Ceballos
Carol Raish
Michael F. Wilson
Alberto Burquez
Mexico's Legal and Institutional Framework for the Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystems	87	(20)
Alberto Szekely
Luis Octavio Martinez Morales
Mark J. Spalding
Dominique Cartron
Part II: Patterns of Species Diversity and Ecological Importance of Natural Ecosystems
Distribution and Diversity of Grasses in the Yecora Region of the Sierra Madre Occidental of Eastern Sonora, Mexico	107	(15)
Thomas R. Van Devender
John R. Reeder
Charlotte G. Reeder
Ana Lilia Reina G.
Scorpion Biodiversity and Patterns of Endemism in Northern Mexico	122	(16)
W. David Sissom
Brent E. Hendrixson
Fishes of the Continental Waters of Tamaulipas: Diversity and Conservation Status	138	(29)
Francisco J. Garcia de Leon
Delladira Gutierrez Tirado
Dean A. Hendrickson
Hector Espinosa Perez
Historical and Ecological Biogeography of the Terrestrial Herpetofauna of Northern Baja California	167	(12)
L. Lee Grismer
Eric Mellink
Macrofaunal Diversity in the Gulf of California	179	(25)
Richard C. Brusca
Lloyd T. Findley
Phillip A. Hastings
Michel E. Hendrickx
Jorge Torre Cosio
Albert M. van der Heiden
Hummingbird Communities along an Elevational Gradient in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Eastern Sonora, Mexico	204	(21)
Thomas R. Van Devender
Karen Krebbs
Jean-Luc E. Cartron
Ana Lilia Reina G.
William A. Calder
Mammalian Phylogeography and Evolutionary History of Northern Mexico's Deserts	225	(21)
David J. Hafner
Brett R. Riddle
Extreme Succulent Plant Diversity on Cerro Colorado near San Ignacio, Baja California Sur	246	(18)
Mark A. Dimmitt
John F. Wiens
Thomas R. Van Devender
Cactus Diversity and Endemism in the Chihuahuan Desert Region	264	(12)
Hector M. Hernandez
Carlos Gomez-Hinostrosa
Cetacean Diversity and Conservation in the Gulf of California	276	(22)
Jorge Urban R.
Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho
Mercedes Guerrero-Ruiz
Armando Jaramillo-Legorreta
Lloyd T. Findley
The Ecological Importance of Mangroves in Baja California Sur: Conservation Implications for an Endangered Ecosystem	298	(36)
Robert C. Whitmore
Richard C. Brusca
Jose Luis Leon de la Luz
Patricia Gonzalez-Zamorano
Renato Mendoza-Salgado
Edgar S. Amador-Silva
Gina Holguin
Felipe Galvan-Magana
Philip A. Hastings
Jean-Luc E. Cartron
Richard S. Felger
Jeffrey A. Seminoff
Carole C. Mclvor
Avian Communities of Arroyos and Desert Oases in Baja California Sur: Implications for Conservation	334	(23)
Ricardo Rodriguez-Estrella
Ma. Carmen Blazquez
Juan Manuel Lobato G.
Part III: Natural Resource Impacts and Conservation at a Population, Species, and Landscape Level
Impact of Concrete Power Poles on Raptors and Ravens in Northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico	357	(13)
Jean-Luc E. Cartron
Richard E. Harness
Robert C. Rogers
Patricia Manzano-Fischer
Baja California's Enduring Mediterranean Vegetation: Early Accounts, Human Impacts, and Conservation Status	370	(17)
Richard A. Minnich
Ernesto Franco-Vizcaino
History, Ecology, and Conservation of the Pronghorn Antelope, Bighorn Sheep, and Black Bear in Mexico	387	(18)
Rodrigo A. Medellin
Carlos Manterola
Manuel Valdez
David G. Hewitt
Diana Doan-Crider
Timothy E. Fulbright
Sea Turtles in Northwestern Mexico: Conservation, Ethnobiology, and Desperation	405	(20)
Richard S. Felger
Wallace J. Nichols
Jeffrey A. Seminoff
Prairie Dogs, Cattle, and Crops: Diversity and Conservation of the Grassland-Shrubland Habitat Mosaic in Northwestern Chihuahua	425	(14)
Gerardo Ceballos
Rurik List
Jesus Pacheco
Patricia Manzano-Fischer
Georgina Santos
Mario Royo
Habitat Associations and Conservation of Grassland Birds in the Chihuahuan Desert Region: Two Case Studies in Chihuahua	439	(13)
Martha J. Desmond
Kendal E. Young
Bruce C. Thompson
Raul Valdez
Alberto Lafon Terrazas
Nesting Seabirds of the Gulf of California's Offshore Islands: Diversity, Ecology, and Conservation	452	(19)
Enriqueta Velarde
Jean-Luc E. Cartron
Hugh Drummond
Daniel W. Anderson
Fanny Rebon Gallardo
Eduardo Palacios
Cristina Rodriguez
Index	471