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Madrean Sky Islands, the Glossary

The Madrean Sky Islands are enclaves of Madrean pine–oak woodlands, found at higher elevations in a complex of small mountain ranges in southern and southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico.^[1]

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Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges
Natural history of Arizona
Natural history of Chihuahua (state)
Natural history of New Mexico
Natural history of Sonora
Sierra Madre Occidental
Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests of the United States

Ancestral Puebloans

The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as the Anasazi, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.

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Animas Mountains

The Animas Mountains are a small mountain range in Hidalgo County, within the "Boot-Heel" region of far southwestern New Mexico, in the United States. Madrean Sky Islands and Animas Mountains are Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Baboquivari Peak Wilderness

The Baboquivari Peak Wilderness or La Bestia is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Arizona.

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Biome

A biome is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life.

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Chihuahua (state)

Chihuahua, officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua (Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico.

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Chihuahuan Desert

The Chihuahuan Desert (Desierto de Chihuahua, Desierto Chihuahuense) is a desert ecoregion designation covering parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. Madrean Sky Islands and Chihuahuan Desert are ecoregions of Mexico, ecoregions of the United States and Natural history of Chihuahua (state).

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Chiricahua Mountains

The Chiricahua Mountains massif is a large mountain range in southeastern Arizona which is part of the Basin and Range province of the west and southwestern United States and northwest Mexico; the range is part of the Coronado National Forest. Madrean Sky Islands and Chiricahua Mountains are Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges.

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Chisos Mountains

The Chisos Mountains, also known as the Chisos, are a mountain range located in the Big Bend area of the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, United States.

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Davis Mountains

The Davis Mountains, originally known as Limpia Mountains, are a range of mountains in West Texas, located near Fort Davis, after which they are named.

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Ecoregion

An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm.

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El Jefe (jaguar)

El Jefe is an adult, male jaguar that was seen in Arizona.

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Guadalupe Mountains

The Guadalupe Mountains (Sierra de Guadalupe) are a mountain range located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.

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Huachuca Mountains

The Huachuca Mountains are part of the Sierra Vista Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest in Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, approximately south-southeast of Tucson and southwest of the city of Sierra Vista. Madrean Sky Islands and Huachuca Mountains are Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges.

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Ice age

An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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Jaguar

The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas.

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Kartchner Caverns State Park

Kartchner Caverns State Park is a state park of Arizona, United States, featuring a show cave with of passages.

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Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces ("the crosses") is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County.

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List of birds of the Madrean Sky Islands

This is a list of birds that have been observed in the Madrean Sky Islands, which are enclaves of Madrean pine-oak woodlands, found at higher elevations in a complex of small mountain ranges in southern and southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. Madrean Sky Islands and list of birds of the Madrean Sky Islands are Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges.

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List of Madrean Sky Island mountain ranges – Sonoran – Chihuahuan Deserts

This is a list of mountain ranges in the Madrean Sky Islands ecoregion within the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Madrean Sky Islands and list of Madrean Sky Island mountain ranges – Sonoran – Chihuahuan Deserts are Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges.

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Local extinction

Local extinction, also extirpation, is the termination of a species (or other taxon) in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere.

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Madrean pine–oak woodlands

The Madrean pine–oak woodlands are subtropical woodlands found in the mountains of Mexico and the southwestern United States. Madrean Sky Islands and Madrean pine–oak woodlands are ecoregions of Mexico, ecoregions of the United States, Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges, Sierra Madre Occidental, tropical and subtropical coniferous forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests of the United States.

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Madrean Region

The Madrean Region (named after the Sierra Madre Occidental) is a floristic region within the Holarctic Kingdom in North America, as delineated by Armen Takhtajan and Robert F. Thorne. Madrean Sky Islands and Madrean Region are Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges.

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Malpai Borderlands

Malpai Borderlands is a land area along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Mogollon Rim

The Mogollon Rim (or or) is a topographical and geological feature cutting across the northern half of the U.S. state of Arizona.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Pinaleño Mountains

The Pinaleño Mountains (in Yavapai: Walkame—"pine mountains" or in Western Apache: Dził Nnilchí' Diyiléé—"pine-burdened mountain"), are a remote mountain range in southeastern Arizona, near Safford (Ich'į' Nahiłtį́į́), Arizona. Madrean Sky Islands and Pinaleño Mountains are Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges.

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Santa Catalina Mountains

The Santa Catalina Mountains, commonly referred to as the Catalina Mountains or the Catalinas, are north and northeast of Tucson in Arizona, United States, on Tucson's north perimeter. Madrean Sky Islands and Santa Catalina Mountains are Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges.

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Santa Rita Mountains

The Santa Rita Mountains (O'odham: To:wa Kuswo Doʼag), located about southeast of Tucson, Arizona, extend from north to south, then trending southeast. Madrean Sky Islands and Santa Rita Mountains are Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges.

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Sierra Madre Occidental

The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California.

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Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests

The Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests (Bosques de pino-roble de la Sierra Madre Occidental) are a Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of the Sierra Madre Occidental range from the southwest USA region to the western part of Mexico. Madrean Sky Islands and Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests are ecoregions of Mexico, ecoregions of the United States, Natural history of Chihuahua (state), Natural history of Sonora, Sierra Madre Occidental and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests of the United States.

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Sky island

Sky islands are isolated mountains surrounded by radically different lowland environments. Madrean Sky Islands and Sky island are Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges.

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Sonoran Desert

The Sonoran Desert (Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona and California). Madrean Sky Islands and Sonoran Desert are ecoregions of Mexico and ecoregions of the United States.

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Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest is a temperate climate terrestrial habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature, with broadleaf tree ecoregions, and with conifer and broadleaf tree mixed coniferous forest ecoregions.

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Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests are a tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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Tucson, Arizona

Tucson (Cuk Ṣon; Tucsón) is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and is home to the University of Arizona.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Whetstone Mountains

The Whetstone Mountains is a mountain range in Cochise County, southeastern Arizona. Madrean Sky Islands and Whetstone Mountains are Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges.

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White Mountains (Arizona)

The White Mountains of Arizona are a mountain range and mountainous region in the eastern part of the state, near the border with New Mexico; they are a continuation from the west of the Arizona transition zone–Mogollon Rim, with the Rim ending in western New Mexico.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrean_Sky_Islands

Also known as Madrean Archipelago, Madrean Archipelago (ecoregion), Madrean Sky Island Archipelago.

Madrean Sky Islands, the Glossary

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See also

Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges

Natural history of Arizona

Natural history of Chihuahua (state)

Natural history of New Mexico

Natural history of Sonora

Sierra Madre Occidental

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests of the United States

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