Baja California peninsula oases: An agro-biodiversity of isolation andintegration

Applied Geography

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-35

  De Grenade, Rafael ^a   Nabhan, Gary Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro biodiversity; Baja California peninsula; Integration; Isolation; Jesuit missionaries; Oases

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FARMING SYSTEM; OASIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84876727485     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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