A Guide to the Flora of the Sierra De San Pedro Mártir (Una Guía a la Flora de la Sierra De San Pedro Mártir)
English:
A guide to the flora of the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir | Una guía a la flora de la Sierra de San Pedro Mártir is a bilingual book that represents a major botanical contribution to Baja California, Mexico. The book illustrates 235 of the approximately 500 taxa known from the flora of the high Sierra San Pedro Mártir (above 1,800 m elevation) and includes 25 of the 27 taxa endemic to this mountain range. The book includes 6 introductory chapters, three written by additional co-authors, on the history, flora, vegetation and fire ecology of the Sierra with an extensive bibliography and maps of the region and the park.
With a flora of at least 500 species of plants, the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir is a center of biodiversity in Baja California. This field guide illustrates 236 of these plants, including nearly every endemic of the Sierra, and 9 taxa not previously reported. Detailed photos taken in a field studio allow the user to study the plants and make detailed comparisons in the field. This bilingual volume is a “must have” for every lover of Baja California, and for every student of the biology of the Californias.
The Sierra de San Pedro Mártir is a giant mass of rock three kilometers high that, with its magnificent forests, separates two completely different universes: Towards the Pacific, the scrubs and chaparrals of the California Floristic Province, and towards the Gulf of California, a rugged desert of sand and stone in Mexico’s driest corner. No other part of the world harbors an environmental gradient as dramatic as this one. Botanical diversity in this range is as spectacular as its landscapes. Using attractive visual keys and a botanical photography of singular beauty, this book puts at our disposal a detailed, pleasant, and easy-to-use field guide that will bring us closer to the plants of the sierra and help us understand its extraordinary importance.
Spanish:
Con una flora de al menos 500 especies de plantas, la Sierra de San Pedro Mártir es un centro de biodiversidad de Baja California. Esta guía ilustra 236 de estas plantas, incluyendo casi todas aquellas endémicas de la Sierra y 9 taxones no reportados anteriormente. Las detalladas fotografías, tomadas en un estudio de campo, permiten al usuario estudiar las plantas y hacer comparaciones detalladas en el campo. Este volumen bilingüe es imprescindible para todo amante de la Baja California y para los estudiantes de la biología de las Californias.
La Sierra de San Pedro Mártir es una gigantesca mole de piedra de tres kilómetros de altura que, con sus magníficos bosques, separa dos universos totalmente diferentes: Hacia el Pacífico, los matorrales mediterráneos de la Provincia Florística Californiana, y hacia el Golfo de California, un desierto de arena y piedra de la parte más árida de México. No existe un gradiente ambiental tan dramático en ningún otro lugar del mundo. La diversidad botánica de esta sierra es tan espectacular como sus paisajes. Utilizando atractivas claves visuales y con fotografía botánica de singular belleza, este libro pone a nuestro alcance una guía de campo detallada, amena, y de fácil uso para acercarnos a la plantas de la sierra y entender su extraordinaria importancia.
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