Book ID: 69473
Soriano, Enrique Gonzalez, Rodolfo Dirzo and Richard C. Vogt
Historia Natural de los Tuxtlas. 1997. illustr. XVI, 647 p. 4to. Hardcover.
Los Tuxtlas is a region in the south of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Politically it refers to four municipalities: Catemaco, San Andrés Tuxtla, Santiago Tuxtla and Hueyapan de Ocampo. It also refers to a high complex natural ecosystem, an isolated volcanic mountain range next to the Gulf of Mexico, home to the northern edge of tropical rainforest in the Americas.
This book covers botanical and zoological aspects.
Main chapter headings: La region de los Tuxtlas/ Las plantas/ Otros Grupos (Micromicetas, Diatomeas)/ Invertebrados/ Miscellaneos/ Vertebrados (Peces, Anfibios y Reptiles, Aves, Mamiferos).