Ecology and Man in Mexico's Central Volcanoes Area (Geobotany)
Contributors: G.W. Heil (Editor); R. Bobbink (Editor); Nuri Trigo Boix (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781402017087
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Vulcanology & seismology; Natural Resources; Effect of human beings on; Business/Economics; Popocatepetl Region; Business & Economics; Mexico; Iztaccihuatl Region; Life Sciences - Botany; Nature / Plants; PopocatÃ¢epetl Region; Nature; Development - General; Ecology; Iztaccâihuatl Region; Popocatâepetl Region
First sentence: Mexico, the third largest country (ca. 1.96 billion km2) of Latin America after Brazil and Argentina, is a long horn-like strip of land running northwest to southeast (32° 42' to 14°30' N), sided by the Gulf of Mexico or Caribbean Sea in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west (Fig. 1.1).