Nature of the Rainforest: Costa Rica and Beyond Contributor(s): Forsyth, Adrian (Author), Fogden, Patricia (Photographer), Fogden, Michael (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 0801474752 ISBN-13: 9780801474750 Publisher: Comstock Publishing
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: November 2008 Annotation: This work offers a breathtaking tour of an environment that is the pinnacle of biodiversity and evolutionary sophistication. The luminous photographs capture stunning and rare creatures in action while the text communicates key ecological topics. Full-color throughout. Click for more in this series: Zona Tropical Publications |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Forests & Rainforests - Nature | Ecology |
Dewey: 577.340 |
LCCN: 2008019291 |
Age Level: 18-UP |
Grade Level: 13-UP |
Series: Zona Tropical Publications |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 10.2" W x 11" L (2.15 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Library Journal 02/01/2009 pg. 88 Choice 06/01/2009 Scitech Book News 03/01/2009 pg. 60 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A Zona Tropical PublicationThe words 'tropical rainforest' may conjure up vistas populated by jaguars, brilliant macaws, and flowers amid the grandeur of towering buttressed trees. But the eager, expectant visitor is not regaled with the sight of charismatic vertebrates, gaudy birds, and luminous orchids. In the rainforest, close encounters with life that moves are usually rare but brilliant episodes; one is bedazzled for an instant and then left alone in the quiet greenery. Under such conditions, one must see the episode as part of a process; tracing the connections between organisms is the essence of rainforest appreciation.--Nature of the RainforestNature of the Rainforest is a breathtaking tour of an environment that is the pinnacle of biodiversity and evolutionary sophistication by an award-winning author and two photographers who love the rainforest, understand its intricacies, and have spent considerable time there documenting its wildlife and complexity. Adrian Forsyth draws on four decades of personal encounters with the animals of the rainforest--including poison-dart frogs, three-toed sloths, bushmasters, and umbrellabirds--as a starting point to communicate key ecological topics such as biodiversity, coevolution, rarity, chemical defense, nutrient cycling, and camouflage. The luminous photographs capture stunning and rare creatures in action, including the now- extinct golden toad mating, a jaguar on the prowl, and the hermit hummingbird feeding. The behaviors and characteristics of the rainforest inhabitants featured here not only illustrate the text but also advance the scientific narrative and exemplify the critical importance of conservation. Thematic chapters are interspersed with four chapters devoted to specific habitats and regions of Costa Rica and Peru, areas with some of the most diverse arrays of plant and animal species in the world. The result is an exuberant celebration of the rainforest in text and images. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilson, Edward O.: - E. O. Wilson is Faculty Emeritus Pellegrino University Professor at Harvard University. He is the author most recently of Half-Earth, and his books The Ants and On Human Nature were both Pulitzer Prize winners. |
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