Durante estos descansos para cafe, desde 1964, empezamos a desarrollar el concepto de un Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, a funcion de dar atencion a una de las regiones menos exploradas de America del Norte. Jim was a co-founder of the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, incorporated ...
We discuss the radiation and dispersal of Fouquieria, the sole genus of Fouquieriaceae, that includes eleven species, all endemic to the warm deserts and dry subtropical regions of North America. Two...doi:10.1007/978-3-030-44963-6_6José Arturo De-Nova...
June's full moon is commonly known as the strawberry moon, a name that comes from the Algonquin Native American tribe in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada and refers to the region's strawberry harvesting season (not the moon's actual hue). ...
Pinnacles National Park in California was born after several volcanoes erupted, forming the unique landscape of the park, which is packed with canyons, rock spires, and woodlands. When the park was established in 1908, it was only 2,060 acres, but has now grown to 26,000. Because of hot ...
Take an epic rail adventure into the Copper Canyon for river kayaking, zip-lining and opportunities to learn from remote Indigenous Rarámuri communities.
desert horned viper Many different snake species can withstand harsh desert environments. The western diamond-backed rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) can be found in deserts throughout the southwest United States and Mexico. They live in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts. Their habitats consist...
Desert grasslandBiocrusts fixed less nitrogen than N 2 -fixing legume shrubs during this sampling period. Nonetheless, biocrusts are still a significant contributor to N 2 -fixation in these nutrient-poor drylands based on the large proportion of soil surface area occupied by these organisms....
We measured water infiltration and soil physical and chemical properties on and off the nests of two ant species ( Pogonomyrmex rugosus , Aphaenogaster cockerelli ) across five sites at differing landscape positions within a Chihuahuan Desert watershed. Our aim was to test whether the effects of...