Publisher's Synopsis
As part of the initiative "Biodiversity 2000", this CD-ROM (educational network version) complete with supporting documentation aims to increase the user's understanding of biodiversity and the natural world. This pack offers an interactive multimedia field trip to the Sonoran desert in the south-western United States. The user of the disk (the explorer) is accompanied by an "experienced guide": a desert ecologist, who helps the explorer to get to know the Sonara's inhabitants. The trip is aided by the following aspects: spoken guidance and narration; the opportunity to go on night safari; the chance to search for rare animals and plants; going "walkabout"; information on animals and plants; a checklist of Sonoran animals and plants in order to aid identification; and a portable satellite link giving access to other deserts and laboratory activities. The pack should interest a range of general and academic users who are curious about wildlife, natural history, environmental sciences and zoology.
