| Ecuador: Cabeceras Cofanes-Chingual Contributor(s): Vriesendorp, Corine (Editor), Alverson, William S. (Editor), del Campo, Álvaro (Editor) |
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ISBN: 091486873X ISBN-13: 9780914868736 Publisher: Field Museum of Natural History OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biological Diversity |
| Dewey: 578.09 |
| Series: Rapid Biological and Social Inventories |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.1" W x 10.6" (2.25 lbs) 318 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The remote, rugged Cabeceras Cofanes-Chingual is one of the last intact mountainous regions in Ecuador and serves as the most important remaining refuge for endangered, range-restricted flora and fauna of the Ecuadorian Andes. In October 2008 scientists from Ecuador, Peru, and the United States conducted a rapid biological inventory and a rapid social inventory to assess the region's suitability for protection as a municipal reserve. Working closely with local communities and indigenous Cofan, whose ancestral territory abuts the proposed reserve to the south, the teams surveyed the hydrology, geology, soils, vegetation and flora, fishes, amphibians and reptiles, birds, mammals, archaeology, and current human communities. Full and abstracted results of the fieldwork are provided in Spanish and English. |
Contributor Bio(s): Del Campo, Alvaro: - Álvaro del Campo is international field programs manager in the Keller Science Action Center of the Field Museum.Vriesendorp, Corine: - Corine Vriesendorp is director of the Andes-Amazon Program in the Keller Science Action Center of the Field Museum.Stotz, Douglas F.: - Douglas F. Stotz is an ornithologist in the Keller Science Action Center of the Field Museum. |