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Aerial view of the Desertas Islands (Ilhas Desertas)The archipelago of the Desertas Islands is a chain of three long and narrow islands that stretch over a north/south distance of 22.3 kilometres (13.9 mi).
The word desert has been "formerly applied more widely to any wild, uninhabited region, including forest-land", and it is this archaic meaning that appears in the phrase "desert island". [3] The term "desert island" is also commonly used figuratively to refer to objects or behavior in conditions of social isolation and limited material means ...
[9] [10] To date Island Conservation has deployed teams to protect 1,195 populations of 487 species and subspecies on 64 islands. [11] The work of Island Conservation is not without controversy, This is documented in the book Battle at the End of Eden. [12] Restoring islands requires removing whole populations of an invasive species.
The Maderas del Carmen is part of a bi-lateral conservation project called the El Carmen—Big Bend Conservation Corridor Initiative which includes contiguous land designated for conservation on both sides of the border totaling more than s 12,000 square kilometres (3,000,000 acres), an area almost as large as the U.S. state of Connecticut.
Island ecology is the study of island organisms and their interactions with each other and the environment. Islands account for nearly 1/6 of earth’s total land area, [ 1 ] yet the ecology of island ecosystems is vastly different from that of mainland communities.
Desert ecology is the study of interactions between both biotic and abiotic components of desert environments. A desert ecosystem is defined by interactions between organisms, the climate in which they live, and any other non-living influences on the habitat. Deserts are arid regions that are generally associated with warm temperatures; however ...
The Nama Karoo of Namibia has the world's richest desert fauna. [8] The Chihuahuan desert and Central Mexican matorral are the richest deserts in the Neotropics. [9] The Carnarvon xeric shrublands of Australia are a regional center for endemism. [1] The Sonoran and Baja deserts of Mexico are unusual desert communities dominated by giant ...
The forests were located in the northern third of the island which is higher and wetter than the more southern parts. In the central portion of the island, the native grasses had been largely replaced by exotic species. In the southern third, characterized by desert scrub, much of the land was barren. [9] [10] [11]