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The new neotropical companion
Neotropical companion
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- Creator
- John Kricher
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
- Physical Details
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- 432 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0691115257, 9781400885589, 0691115249, 9780691115252, 1400885582
- OCLC
- ocn958371277, ocn964359395, ocn984658226
- Revised edition of: A neotropical companion. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. c1997.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Welcome to the torrid zone -- Why it is hot, humid, and rainy in the tropics -- Rain forest : the realm of the plants -- Finding animals in the rain forest -- Sun plus rain equals rain forest -- Essential dirt : soils and cycling -- If a tree falls ... rain forest disturbance dynamics -- Evolutionary cornucopia -- Why are there so many species? -- Tropical intimacy : mutualism and coevolution -- Evolutionary arms race : more coevolution, more complecity -- Cruising the rivers to the sea -- Scaling the Andes -- Don't miss the savannas and dry forests -- Neotropical birds : the bustling crowd -- From monkeys to tarantulas : endless eccentricities -- Human ecology in the tropics -- The future of the Neotropics -- Appendix. Words of caution : be sure to read this