Organization Name:
Centro de Investigación Científica de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) (Ensenada Center for Higher Education Scientific Research)I. Contact Information
| Contact Name | Horacio de la Cueva |
| Title | Researcher |
| Department Name | Ecology |
| Department Phone Number | (0-11-52-61) 74-50-50, ext. 24221 |
| Contact Phone | (0-11-52-61) 74-50-50, ext. 24221 |
| Fax | (0-11-52-61) 75-05-45 |
| cuevas@cicese.mx | |
| Mailing Address | C.P. 273222800 Ensenada, Baja California Mexico |
| Web Site Address |
II. Description of Organization
Organization, Mission, and Goals:
The terrestrial ecology group carries out research in Baja California and California, comparing the ecosystems of mountain regions on both sides of the border.
III. Organization's Involvement in U.S.-Mexican Border Environment
Environmental Media:
natural resourcesCurrent Border Environment Projects and Activities:
Hydrological comparison of the Sierra San Pedro Mártir (in Baja California) and Mount San Jacinto (California). This information is not available on the Internet.
Past Border Environment Projects and Activities:
Future Border Environment Projects and Activities:
To continue and expand ecological research in California and Baja California, to participate in border environmental education, to complete requirements for proposing that UNESCO designate San Pedro Mártir a biospheric reserve.
IV. Data Sets not on the Internet:
V. Additional Information:
CICESE has been the link in the formation of a binational ecological research group, primarily in conjunction with the University of California.
Publications by the Terrestrial Ecology Group
Ecology Department, Ensenada Center for Higher Education Scientific Research
(CICESE)
De la Cueva, H., C. Montes and E. Franco. "The Treasure of the Sierra San Pedro Mártir" ("El Tesoro de la Sierra de San Pedro Mártir.") Divulgare, Year 5, Number 20, October-December, 1997.
Escoto Rodríguez, M. 1994. "Soil Water Balance in Three Study Sites of the Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California" ("Balance del agua del suelo en tres sitios de estudio en la Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, Baja California"), Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. 96 pp.
Franco-Vizcaíno, E., Sosa-Ramírez, J. (editors and translators). 1991. "The Californias' Peninsular Mountains' Potential as a Biospheric Reserve," ("El Potencial de la Cordillera Peninsular de las Californias Como Reserva de la Biósfera,"). Papers from an International Conference. Academic Communications, Ecological Series CIECO9101. Ensenada Center for Higher Education Scientific Research (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. 60 pp. (In English and Spanish)
Franco-Vizcaino, E., Sosa-Ramírez, R.A. Minnich, and M.G. Barbour, 1992. "Nutrient Concentrations in Soils and Tissues of Shrub Lands and Meadows of Alta and Baja California." Academic Communications. Ecology Series CIECW9202. Ensenada Center for Higher Education Scientific Research (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. 6 pp. (In English and Spanish).
Franco, E.H. de la Cueva and C. Montes, eds. 1997. "First Workshop on Managed Burns in Mexico's Mediterranean Region," ("Primer Taller de Manejo de Incendios en la Región Mediterránea de México.") Summary of presentations. Academic Communications, Ecological Series CEEC09501. Ensenada Center for Higher Education Scientific Research (CICESE), Ensenada, B.C. 26 pp.
R. Minnich, E Franco, J. Sosa H. Burk, J. Barry, M. Barbour and H. de la Cueva. "A Land Above: Protecting Baja California's Sierra San Pedro Mártir within a Biosphere Reserve." Journal of the Southwest, Volume 39, No. 3-4, pp. 613-695.
R.A. Minnich, E. Franco y R. Dezzanni. "The El Niño/Southern Oscillation and Precipitation Variability in Northern Baja California, México." (Submitted to "Atmósfera.")
J. Sosa y E. Franco. "Comparing the impact of grazing on mountain meadows in the US and Mexico." (Chapter from La Frontera, forthcoming). University of California Press.
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