Regional Ecology, Natural History - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
A Neotropical Companion is an extraordinarily readable introduction to the American tropics, the lands of Central and South America, their remarkable rainforests and other ecosystems, and the creatures that live there. This second edition has been substantially revised and expanded to incorporate the abundance of new scientific information that has been produced since it was first published in 1989. Major additions have been made to every chapter, and new chapters have been added on Neotropical ecosystems, human ecology, and the effects of deforestation. Biodiversity and its preservation are discussed throughout the book, and Neotropical evolution is described in detail. This new edition offers all new drawings and photographs, many of them in color.A guide to the different regions and natural changes of Latin America, Central America, and regions of the South in the United States.
Editorials
Journal of Natural History
The book is exactly what it says it is, a companion to take with you on your travels in the New World tropics. . . . The author has written . . . with just the right amount of informality and humor.Scientific American
An intense and lively field guide. . .compact and richly substantiveBook Details
Published
November 7, 1997
Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1997.
Pages
504
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780691044330