scholarly journals Revised and Updated Vascular Plant Checklists for the Baja California Northern Pacific Islands

2018 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sula Vanderplank ◽  
Jon Rebman ◽  
Exequiel Ezcurra
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Northern Pacific

From Ranching to Fishing – The Cultural Landscape of the Northern Pacific Coast of Baja California, Mexico

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoinette WinklerPrins ◽  
Pablo Alvarez ◽  
Gerardo Bocco ◽  
Ileana Espejel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Northern Pacific

scholarly journals Island Specialists: Shared Flora of the Alta and Baja California Pacific Islands

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Ratay ◽  
Sula E. Vanderplank ◽  
Benjamin T. Wilder
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Baja California

Tuna Tagging and the Extra-Oceanic Distribution of Curved, Single-Piece Shell Fishhooks in the Pacific

1966 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leif C. W. Landberg
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Northern Chile ◽  
Santa Barbara ◽  
Single Population ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Single Piece ◽  
Northern Pacific ◽  
Transportation Route

AbstractCurved, single-piece shell fishhooks are found archaeologically in Oceania, Ecuador, southern Peru and northern Chile, and the Santa Barbara region of southern California. The hypothesis that fish were possible transpacific carriers of these shell fishhooks is examined in the light of recent tuna-tagging research. Tag release and recovery data show that three species of tuna are capable of undertaking long-range migrations. Skipjack tunas are known to migrate from Baja California to Hawaii. Some bluefin tunas have migrated from Baja California to Japan. Albacore, which is believed to consist of a single population in the northern Pacific Ocean, probably circumnavigates the Pacific. A migration model of the northern Pacific albacore population suggests at least one possible transportation route of shell fishhooks between Hawaii and the Santa Barbara region. Heyerdahl has postulated that the association at historic contact in the Santa Barbara region of the curved, single-piece shell fishhook, the frameless plank canoe, and the Polynesian-type cosmogony of the Chungichnish cult is evidence for pre-Columbian transpacific contact. Contrary to his theory, reasons are advanced here to suggest that these traits may instead be fortuitously associated rather than diffused as a complex.

scholarly journals EPONYMY, ENCOUNTERS, AND LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IN RUSSIAN PLACE NAMING IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, 1804–1830

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 709-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRONWEN DOUGLAS ◽  
ELENA GOVOR
Keyword(s):  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Relative Significance ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
History Of ◽  
Northern Pacific ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Place Naming ◽  
Naval Officers

AbstractThis history of Russian place naming in the Pacific Islands from 1804 to 1830 systematically juxtaposes, correlates, and compares toponyms inscribed in varied genres of Russian texts: map, atlas, journal, narrative, and hydrographic treatise. Its empirical core comprises place names bestowed or recorded by naval officers and naturalists in eastern and northern Pacific archipelagoes during expeditions led by the Baltic German circumnavigators Krusenstern (1803–6), Kotzebue (1815–18), Bellingshausen (1819–21), and Lütke (1826–9). We address the interplay of personality, precedent, circumstance, and embodied encounters in motivating voyagers’ toponymic choices and their material expressions. We consider diverse textual movements from located experience, to specific inscription, to synthesis. Russian toponyms constituted part of the vast stock of historical raw material from which Krusenstern later created the authoritative pioneerAtlas de l'Océan pacifique(1824–7). This toponymic focus is scaffolding for a dual ethnohistorical inquiry: into the implications for Russian toponymy of Indigenous agency during situated encounters with people and places; and into the relative significance of loca'l knowledge conveyed to Russian voyagers by Indigenous interlocutors, and its presence or absence in particular sets of toponyms or different genres of text.

scholarly journals Involvement of a Fishing Community in the Eradication of the Introduced Cactus Mouse (Peromyscus eremicus cedrosensis) from San Benito Oeste Island, Mexico

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 588
Author(s):  
Federico Méndez Sánchez ◽  
Alfonso Aguirre-Muñoz ◽  
Araceli Samaniego ◽  
Yuliana Bedolla Guzmán ◽  
Ana Cárdenas Tapia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Fishing Community ◽  
Mexican Pacific ◽  
Eradication Strategy ◽  
Mexican Government ◽  
Restoration Work ◽  
Peromyscus Eremicus

San Benito Archipelago is internationally important for the conservation of 13 species of seabirds. San Benito Oeste, the largest and only inhabited island, was declared mammal-free in 2000 after a series of eradications conducted in collaboration between the fishing cooperative Pescadores Nacionales de Abulón, the Mexican conservation organization, Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C., and the Mexican Government. The archipelago remained mammal-free until 2006, when an unusual invader, the Cedros island cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus cedrosensis), was accidentally introduced to San Benito Oeste island. The same collaboration scheme involving locals, conservationists, and authorities was once again put in motion, delivering tangible results. Research informed the mouse eradication strategy, the local community supported the operation, and the mouse eradication was successfully implemented in December 2013. To date (8 years later), no mammals have been recorded in the archipelago, which suggests community-led island biosecurity is working. In addition, this collaborative restoration work contributed to the creation of the Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, protecting 21 islands, including the San Benito Archipelago, and 97 islets in the Mexican Pacific.

scholarly journals Thirteen new weeds on Cedros Island, Baja California, Mexico

2021 ◽  
pp. 1823
Author(s):  
Sula E Vanderplank ◽  
Jon Rebman
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Native Plants ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Endemic Plants ◽  
Management Implications ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
California Floristic Province ◽  
Cedros Island

Background and Aims: Cedros Island is the southernmost outpost of the California Floristic Province, the largest island in the Californian archipelago, and home to a suite of endemic plants and animals. As such, it is an important resource within the Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, with many management concerns. The goal of this study was to document newly arrived plant species on Cedros Island, Baja California, Mexico.Methods: From the 8th to the 11th February 2019 we visited Cedros Island and made observations of plants around Cedros Village using the platform NaturaLista (iNaturalist).Key results: Thirteen new plant taxa were detected around Cedros village, all were non-native. These discoveries follow a very recently published checklist on the flora and suggest that new non-native plants are arriving rapidly. Conclusions: Recommended management implications include monitoring and eradication of new species, particularly at inhabited areas, and with priority given to highly invasive species such as Cenchrus setaceus and C. ciliaris.

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