The new neotropical companion /

"The acclaimed guide to the ecology and natural history of the American tropics--now fully updated and expanded The New Neotropical Companion is the completely revised and expanded edition of a book that has helped thousands of people to understand the complex ecology and natural history of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kricher, John C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Edición:[Revised edition].
Temas:
Ecology > Latin America.
Natural history > Latin America.
Natural history > Latin America > Pictorial works.
Sciences naturelles > Amérique latine.
Sciences naturelles > Amérique latine > Ouvrages illustrés.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > General.
Ecology
Natural history
Ökosystem
Latin America
Neotropis
Pictorial works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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