Catálogo de la flora vascular de Cantabria

The first major regional flora ever written in Spanish, Flora Mesoamericana is a collaborative effort of the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Instituto de Biologia of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the Natural History Museum, London, and numerous specialists worldwide. The Flora describes, for the first time, all the vascular plants growing in the southeasternmost states of Mexico, including the Yucatan Peninsula, and all the Central American republics. Covered in this volume are families Rubiaceae to Verbenaceae: 11 families, 202 genera and 1,417 species.

Biographies and bibliographies of members are included in many of the volumes. Lists of members are usually given on covers of the numbers.

Este libro es el resultado de un proceso investigativo que buscó reconocer el gran potencial pedagógico, didáctico y biológico que tiene la UPN para el estudio y conservación de las aves. La publicación es el fruto de más de dos años de trabajo de observación, de registro fotográfico y de investigación en tres sedes de la institución (Parque Nacional, Valmaría y calle 72) y en otras regiones del país donde se realizaron trabajos edagógicos que involucraron a las aves como una estrategia educativa.

In August of 2005, scientists conducted a rapid inventory in Sierra del Divisor, a mountain range that rises up dramatically from the lowlands of central Amazonian Peru. This assessment, presented here in English and Spanish, collects their research on the plants and animals of the region as well as the social and cultural assets of local villages and their use and management of natural resources. The report includes recommendations for conservation and management, including steps to safeguard the voluntarily isolated indigenous people living in the region. Corine Vriesendorp is a...