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Nature of the rainforest : Costa Rica and beyond / Adrian Forsyth ; photographs by Michael Fogden and Patricia Fogden ; foreword by E.O. Wilson

Author
Forsyth, Adrian
Published
Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
xv, 183 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Additional Creators
Fogden, Michael and Fogden, Patricia

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Contents
Forest of dreams: a foreword by E.O. Wilson -- Flower for a day -- Roots of diversity: the origins of tropical variety -- Guanacaste: forest reborn -- Frogs: life history strategies in rainforest amphibians -- Rarity: why rare species are common in the tropics -- The essence of snake: the foraging tactics of serpents -- Monteverde: higher & drier -- Fruits of reason: interpreting the meaning of tropical fruit -- Tails of glory: the ecology of prehensile tails -- Salts of the Earth: nutrient cycles in tropical forests -- Hermits & heliconias: the microcosm of plant & animal coevolution -- Termites & tamanduas: The role of wood eating in tropical ecology -- The hidden: the adaptive coloration of prey & predators -- Osa: where wilderness remains -- The virtues of sloth: adaptation to life in the canopy -- Beetlejuice: chemical defense by insects & other arthropods -- El tigre: why jaguars are the ultimate predator -- Beyond the gun: a journey into the virgin Amazonia.
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ISBN
9780801474750 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801474752 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Note
"A Zona Tropical publication."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 183).
Source of Acquisition
New Kensington copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20089.
UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the Mary C. and Paul B. Hood Libraries Endowment for Environmental Studies; 20089.
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
Mary C. and Paul B. Hood Libraries Endowment for Environmental Studies
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