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Miniature Forests of Cape Horn: Ecotourism with a Hand Lens

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From book jacket: In the humid forests of Cape Horn, a single tree can host more than 100 species of little epiphyte plants. The floor of the forest and the rocks are also covered by numerous species of liverworts, mosses, and lichens. The decision to stop at a tree or rock and explore these “miniature forests” generates an authentic ecotourism experience. In a small area we can spend several minutes or hours with a magnifying glass or camera discovering the colors, shapes, and textures of the most diverse organisms of Cape Horn. This guidebook enhances exploration by providing information to understand the architecture, life cycles, and identification of taxonomic groups of the organisms that form them. For example, when viewing a yellow orange organism, the full color pictures and text in the guidebook illustrate that what you are viewing on the inter-tidal rocks is a crustose lichen, with a well-defined circular structure belonging to the genus Caloplaca that enjoys a broad distribution in inter-tidal zones of Arctic and Antarctic areas. The authors of this guidebook also provide a novel twist on other, more traditional field guides to bryophytes and lichens by introducing the innovative, sustainable tourism activity of “ecotourism with …
Date: April 15, 2012
Creator: Goffinet, Bernard
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cambio Climático Global en El Contexto De La Ecorregión Subantártica De Magallanes Y La Reserva De Biósfera Cabo De Hornos (open access)

Cambio Climático Global en El Contexto De La Ecorregión Subantártica De Magallanes Y La Reserva De Biósfera Cabo De Hornos

This article presents the main attributes of Magellanic sub-Antarctic ecoregion, and of the Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program coordinated by UMAG, the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity and the University of North Texas, which integrates ecological and ethical dimensions in the analyses of socioecological processes at local, regional, national, and international scales.
Date: May 15, 2012
Creator: Mansilla, Andrés O.; Ojeda, Jaime & Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coprologic survey of endoparasites from Darwin’s fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes) in Chiloé, Chile (open access)

Coprologic survey of endoparasites from Darwin’s fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes) in Chiloé, Chile

Article on parasite presence in the critically endangered Darwin's fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes) in Chile. Parasites found include species and genera reported for the first time in Darwin's fox.
Date: January 1, 2012
Creator: Jiménez, Jaime E.; Briceño, C.; Alcaíno, H.; Vásquez, P.; Funk, S. & González-Acuña, D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Do beavers improve the habitat quality for Magellanic Woodpeckers? (open access)

Do beavers improve the habitat quality for Magellanic Woodpeckers?

This article determines which attributes of abandoned beaver meadows have a strong impact on habitat selection by the Magellenic woodpecker.
Date: October 10, 2012
Creator: Soto, Gerardo E.; Vergara, Pablo M.; Lizama, Marlene E.; Celis, Cristian; Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-; Duron, Quiterie et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library