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A Guide To The Flora Of The Sierra De San Pedro Mártir | Una Guía A La Flora De La Sierra De San Pedro Mártir

A Guide To The Flora Of The Sierra De San Pedro Mártir | Una Guía A La Flora De La Sierra De San Pedro Mártir

Author(s):Alan Harper, Sula Vanderplank, Jon Rebman

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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 field guide to the plants of Baja California’s highest mountain range. It illustrates 236 of roughly 500 known taxa, including nearly all species endemic to the Sierra and several newly reported ones. With detailed field photographs, maps, and chapters on history, vegetation, and fire ecology, this beautifully produced volume highlights one of Mexico’s most dramatic centers of biodiversity.

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Overview: 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. It includes six 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 nine 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.

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 nueve 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.

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: toward the Pacific, the scrubs and chaparrals of the California Floristic Province, and toward 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 botanical photography of singular beauty, this book offers a detailed, pleasant, and easy-to-use field guide that brings readers closer to the plants of the Sierra and helps them understand its extraordinary importance.

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 ofrece una guía de campo detallada, amena y de fácil uso para acercarnos a las plantas de la sierra y entender su extraordinaria importancia.

About the Author(s)

Alan Harper, Ph.D. is a founding member of Terra Peninsular A.C. He has participated in conservation projects in Baja California and has written on the plants, animals, and wetlands of the state. Some of his landscape photos can be seen at www.alanharper.com.

Alan Harper es miembro fundador de Terra Peninsular A.C. Ha participado en proyectos de conservación en Baja California y ha escrito sobre plantas, animales y humedales del estado. Algunas de sus fotos de paisajes pueden verse en www.alanharper.com.

Sula Vanderplank, Ph.D. is the Director of Terrestrial Ecosystem Conservation and Trans-border Partnerships for Pronatura Noroeste. She is also adjunct faculty at the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE) and San Diego State University. Her research focuses on floristics and conservation biology.

Sula Vanderplank es la Directora de Conservación de Ecosistemas Terrestres y Colaboraciones Transfronterizas de Pronatura Noroeste. También es profesora adjunta en el Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) y en la Universidad Estatal de San Diego. Sus investigaciones se centran en la florística y la biología de la conservación.

Jon Rebman, Ph.D. is the Mary and Dallas Clark Endowed Chair and Curator of Botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNHM) since 1996. His research focuses on plant taxonomy and floristics of the southern California and Baja California regions.

Jon Rebman es el Mary and Dallas Clark Endowed Chair y Curador de Botánica del Museo de Historia Natural de San Diego (SDNHM) desde 1996. Sus investigaciones se centran en la taxonomía de plantas y la flora del sur de California y de Baja California.

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UPC/ISBN-13: 978-1-889878-64-5

Publication Date: November 2021

Copyright © 2021 Alan B. Harper

Specifications: 3 lb (1350 g), 10.25"×8.125" (flexbinding), 320 pp., 235 taxa photographs, additional color photos, index

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