Author: Juan A. RiveroPublisher: La Editorial, UPR
ISBN: 9780847723478
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Guiá Para la Identificación de Lagartos Y Culebras de Puerto Rico
Author: Juan A. RiveroPublisher: La Editorial, UPR
ISBN: 9780847723478
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Eric DinersteinPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Approach; Major ecosystem types, major habitat types, and ecoregions of LAC; Conservation status of terretrial ecoregions of LAC; Biological distinctiveness of territorial ecoregions of LAC at different biogeographic scales results; Integrating biological distinctiveness and conservation status; Conservation assessment of mangrove ecosystems.
Conditions in Puerto Rico
Author: Compendium and Description of the West Indies (Classic Reprint)
Author: Antonio Vazquez de EspinozaPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781390929508
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Excerpt from Compendium and Description of the West Indies This last is our present work, and so little known to the compiler of this sketch that he cites it with a Latin title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Amphibians and reptiles of Puerto Rico
Author: Juan A. RiveroPublisher: La Editorial, UPR
ISBN: 9780847702435
Category : Nature
Languages : es
Pages : 542
Book Description
Este es un gran esfuerzo del autor para reunir toda la información disponible hasta la fecha (1998) sobre las especies anfibias y reptiles de Puerto Rico; revisado y ampliado totalmente para la segunda edición, que fue bilingüe (español - inglés). Ilustrado con fotografías a todo color, el texto describe con lujo de detalles cada espécimen usando la menor cantidad de lenguaje científico o terminología técnica, lo que permite al aficionado satisfacer su curiosidad plenamente. Pero para toda la comunidad científica, se incluye un completo listado bibliográfico como fuente extra de información. Un capítulo entero fue dedicado a los temas de cuidado en el manejo de animales y, se refiere a asuntos tan importantes como ¿cómo cuidarse de una mordedura de serpiente? o las precauciones y táctica al recoger especímenes, para el envío y/o estudio científico, garantizando la estabilidad de su ecosistema.
Understanding Urban Ecosystems
Author: Alan R. BerkowitzPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 038722615X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 547
Book Description
Nowhere on Earth is the challenge for ecological understanding greater, and yet more urgent, than in those parts of the globe where human activity is most intense - cities. People need to understand how cities work as ecological systems so they can take control of the vital links between human actions and environmental quality, and work for an ecologically and economically sustainable future. An ecosystem approach integrates biological, physical and social factors and embraces historical and geographical dimensions, providing our best hope for coping with the complexity of cities. This book is a first of its kind effort to bring together leaders in the biological, physical and social dimensions of urban ecosystem research with leading education researchers, administrators and practitioners, to show how an understanding of urban ecosystems is vital for urban dwellers to grasp the fundamentals of ecological and environmental science, and to understand their own environment.
National Forest System Land Management Planning
Author: The Doubtful Strait / El Estrecho Dudoso
Author: Ernesto CardenalPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253209030
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
"... very well translated... Cardenal merits praise for presenting, on such an ambitious scale, a passionate alternative history of the Spanish encounter with Central America." --Booklist "Combining hsitory with poetry, Cardenal exposes the violence, treachery, injustice, and exploitation that are so much a part of Central America and Mexico's] past and present." --World Literature Today "Explore this dense, beautiful poem and you will be rewarded with riches that 'delight and hurt not'." --Nicaragua Update "... a remarkable text.... El estrecho dudoso is a masterful and compelling poetic account of early colonial Central America, and the translation is likewise masterful." --Colonial Latin American Historical Review In this book-length poem, Nicaraguan priest and revolutionary Ernesto Cardenal tells the story of the Spanish conquest of Central America from the "discovery" of the American continent to recent historical events. A remarkable achievement and an engrossing narrative, the poem is published here in both Spanish and English.
Moment to Monument
Author: Ladina Bezzola LambertPublisher: transcript Verlag
ISBN: 3839409624
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Why do certain works of art make it into the canon while others just enjoy a brief moment of recognition, if at all? How do moments produce monuments, and why are monuments erased from our cultural memory in only a moment? - Taking into account these cultural processes of creating, storing, remembering and forgetting that are omnipresent and have an immense influence on how we perceive artefacts and cultural events, the articles in this collection analyze the phenomenon of cultural production, transmission and reception from various angles, drawing on approaches from both literary and cultural studies. With its transdisciplinary approach, this book uniquely responds to an everyday cultural phenomenon that so far has not received such wide-ranging attention.
You Wouldn't Want to Be an Aztec Sacrifice!
Author: Fiona MacdonaldPublisher: The Salariya Book Company
ISBN: 1911242423
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
You are a young man from a noble family in Mexico. Little do you suspect that you are about to fall victim to one of the most powerful South American civilisations and become an Aztec sacrifice! This title in the best-selling children’s history series, You Wouldn't Want To…, features full-colour illustrations which combine humour and accurate technical detail and a narrative approach placing readers at the centre of the history, encouraging them to become emotionally-involved with the characters and aiding their understanding of what life would have been like living in the Aztec civilisation. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal introduction to the conventions of information books for young readers. It is an ideal text for Key Stage 2 shared and guided reading and helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.