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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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Your Health Care Guide, 2012 (open access)

Your Health Care Guide, 2012

This document is a health guide for the Texas Health and Human Service commission for the 2012 edition.
Date: 2012
Creator: Texas Health and Human Services Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reglamentos de Caza y Pesca, 2012-2013 (open access)

Reglamentos de Caza y Pesca, 2012-2013

Document discussing hunting and fishing regulations in Texas.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guía De Protección Al Inversionista De Texas (open access)

Guía De Protección Al Inversionista De Texas

Pamphlet providing a guide to safe investing in Texas.
Date: 2012
Creator: Texas. State Securities Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History