Overview
- All chapters were written by a group of experts who have directly worked in the Cuatro Ciénegas Valley.
- Presents an updated account of the animal diversity found in the Cuatro Ciénegas Valley.
- The high levels of endemism, biogeographic affinities, and main ecological roles of the studied groups of animals are discussed.
- Close to 1,000 species are recorded, including new species, new records and exotic species.
- The conservation status of all the major groups of animals is analyzed.
Part of the book series: Cuatro Ciénegas Basin: An Endangered Hyperdiverse Oasis (CUCIBA)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The Cuatro Ciénegas Valley is a unique oasis in the south-central region of the State of Coahuila, part of the Sonoran Desert, in Mexico. Several clues, specially derived from the study of the microbiota, suggest a very ancient origin of the valley and its permanence through time. This condition had promoted a high level of endemism and led to unique interactions between the resident species.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Margarita Ojeda received her BSc degree in Biology from the School of Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City in 1983, and then her MSc degree and PhD from the same university in 1990. She has published papers describing species of oribatid mites from Mexico, and on different topics such as the ecology and the role of the soil fauna. Since 2013, she has been an associated researcher at the National Acarology Collection of the Biology Institute at UNAM, and collaborates in different activities and projects concerning several groups of mites.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Animal Diversity and Biogeography of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin
Editors: Fernando Álvarez, Margarita Ojeda
Series Title: Cuatro Ciénegas Basin: An Endangered Hyperdiverse Oasis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11262-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11261-5Published: 20 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11262-2Published: 09 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2523-7284
Series E-ISSN: 2523-7292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 231
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Ecology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Biodiversity, Evolutionary Biology