A neotropical companion : an introduction to the animals, plants, and ecosystems of the New World tr...
A neotropical companion : an introduction to the animals, plants, and ecosystems of the New World tr...
A neotropical companion : an introduction to the animals, plants, and ecosystems of the New World tropics / John Kricher ; illustrated by William E. Davis, Jr.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1997.
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T0387288
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 451 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Mark J. Plotkin -- Ch. 1. Tropical Climates and Ecosystems -- Ch. 2. Rainforest Structure and Diversity -- Ch. 3. How a Rainforest Functions -- Ch. 4. Evolutionary Patterns in the Tropics -- Ch. 5. Complexities of Coevolution and Ecology of Fruit -- Ch. 6. The Neotropical Pharmacy -- Ch....
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1997.
Edition
2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
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...
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A neotropical companion : an introduction to the animals, plants, and ecosystems of the New World tropics / John Kricher ; illustrated by William E. Davis, Jr.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [396]-434) and indexes.
Transferred from N577.0980913/1.
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c1997.
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T0387288
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74VMQ5yAOWMg
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ISBN
0691009740 (paper)
9780691044330 (cl : alk. paper)
0691044333 (cl : alk. paper)
9780691009742 (paper)
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577.0980913
MMS ID
991000645539702626
