The New Neotropical Companion / / John Kricher.
The acclaimed guide to the ecology and natural history of the American tropics-now fully updated and expandedThe 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 most sp...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (448 p.) :; 18 color illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- How to Use This Book
- Chapter 1. Welcome to the Torrid Zone
- Chapter 2. Why It Is Hot, Humid, and Rainy in the Tropics
- Chapter 3. Rain Forest: The Realm of the Plants
- Chapter 4. Finding Animals in Rain Forest
- Chapter 5. Sun Plus Rain Equals Rain Forest
- Chapter 6. Essential Dirt: Soils and Cycling
- Chapter 7. If a Tree Falls ... Rain Forest Disturbance Dynamics
- Chapter 8. Evolutionary Cornucopia
- Chapter 9. Why Are There So Many Species?
- Chapter 10. Tropical Intimacy: Mutualism and Coevolution
- Chapter 11. Evolutionary Arms Races: More Coevolution, More Complexity
- Chapter 12. Cruising the Rivers to the Sea
- Chapter 13. Scaling the Andes
- Chapter 14. Don't Miss the Savannas and Dry Forests
- Chapter 15. Neotropical Birds: The Bustling Crowd
- Chapter 16. From Monkeys to Tarantulas: Endless Eccentricities
- Chapter 17. Human Ecology in the Tropics
- Chapter 18. The Future of the Neotropics
- Appendix. Words of Caution: Be Sure to Read This
- Further Reading
- Index