Life in the treetops : adventures of a woman in field biology /

"In this book a pioneer canopy scientist describes the mysteries of the treetops - their inhabitants, flowers and fruits, growth and mortality, patterns of diversity, and plant and animal interactions. Margaret Lowman writes about different canopy access techniques in conjunction with the scien...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lowman, Margaret
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1999.
Subjects:
Lowman, Margaret.
Lowman, Margaret
Ecologists > Australia > Biography.
Women ecologists > Australia > Biography.
Rain forest ecology.
Forest canopy ecology.
Écologistes > Australie > Biographies.
Femmes écologistes > Australie > Biographies.
Écologie des forêts pluviales.
Écologie du couvert forestier.
NATURE > Plants > Trees.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Forests & Rainforests.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Ecologists
Forest canopy ecology
Rain forest ecology
Women ecologists
Australia
Electronic books.
Autobiography
Biography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Robert D. Ballard
  • The rain-forest canopies of Australia
  • Life in the outback
  • Canopies near the ground
  • Research and motherhood
  • The world's greatest lottery
  • Highways to heaven
  • On the rooftop of the world
  • Construction cranes in the canopy
  • Our treehouse in Belize
  • Canopy research from the bottom up
  • Out on a limb.

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