The scientific survey of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Subtitle: an eighty-year reassessment of the islands' natural history
By: edited by Julio C. Figueroa Colon.
Contributors: Figueroa, Julio C.
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ;; v. 776
Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Natural history -- Puerto Rico -- Congresses; Natural history -- Virgin Islands of the United States -- Congresses
Description: This volume updates the original scientific survey of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, which was begun by the New York Academy of Sciences in 1913. Many aspects of natural history - geology, paleobotany, plant ecology, herpetology, ornithology, insect taxonomy, archaeology - are covered. Each paper provides a brief historical survey and a mention of future research opportunities in the field.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Papers originally presented at a symposium held Nov. 15, 1993 at Sacred Heart University, San Juan, P.R.