Journey Through a Tropical Jungle

Adrian Forsyth

Children's Books

Silver Burdett Pr

Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America

Science & Math

Ken Miyata

Nature & Ecology

Scribner

A look at the natural history of tropical rain forests in South America, covers insects, birds, animals, and plants

Biological Sciences

Charles Scribner`s Sons

Portraits of the Rainforest

Sister Joan enjoys her work outside the convent as a teacher, but beneath the surface of the school an ugliness is stirring. Isolated as the convent is, it becomes the focus for evil. This is the second book in the series featuring the young nun with the rival claims of convent and crime-solving.

Robert Hale, Ltd.

A Zona Tropical Publication
"The 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 Rainforest
Nature 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.

Nature of the Rainforest: Costa Rica and Beyond (Zona Tropical Publications)

History

Americas

Comstock Publishing Associates

Die Sexualität in der Natur

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