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Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forest of Central and South America by Adrian Forsyth Review Scientific American In 17 chapters, each a brief essay on tropical nature observed, these two young field biologists have made a model of contemporary natural history, cheerfully speculative, concerned as much with large pattern as with diversity... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Jungle of the Maya by Douglas Goodell Publisher Comments Because human activities are encroaching more and more on the Mayan forest, Jungle of the Maya is a beautiful book with a timely message. As renowned naturalist Archie Carr III sums it up in his foreword, "Today, the Selva Maya is at risk again. As... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Hardcover
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Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest by Nalini M Nadkarni Publisher Comments The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has captured the worldwide attention of biologists, conservationists, and ecologists and has been the setting for extensive investigation over the past 30 years. Roughly 40,000 ecotourists visit the Cloud Forest each... (read more) List Price $93.50 Your price: $49.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands: An Identification Guide, 2nd Edition by Andy Swash Publisher Comments This simple-to-use, pocket-size volume offers a comprehensive guide to the unique wildlife of the Galapagos, encompassing all the birds, mammals, and reptiles a visitor to these extraordinary islands might encounter. The second edition corrects and... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Trade Paper
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Secret Jungle by Nicole Viloteau Publisher Comments Secret Jungle is a photographic record of one woman's determination to reveal the beauties of a vibrant yet endangered world. Nicole Viloteau has spent over twenty-five years exploring the world's jungles, from Gabon to Australia, from Madagascar to... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Galapagos: Islands Born of Fire (10th Anniversary Edition) by Tui De Roy Publisher Comments Ever since Charles Darwin visited there in 1835, the Galapagos have fascinated us like no other spot on Earth. This richly illustrated book captures the ethereal, haunting quality of the Galapagos and of the birds and animals that make these islands... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Amazon Expeditions: My Quest for the Ice-Age Equator by Paul Colinvaux Publisher Comments In this vivid memoir of a life in science, ecologist Paul Colinvaux takes his readers from the Alaskan tundra to steamy Amazon jungles, from the Galapagos Islands (before tourists had arrived) to the high Andes and the Darien Gap in Panama. He recounts... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $21.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Tapir's Morning Bath: Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest and the Scientists Who Are Trying to Solve Them by Elizabeth Royte Publisher Comments Royte weaves together her own adventures on Panama's fertile and animal filled Barro Colorado with tales of researchers struggling to parse the intricate workings of the rain forest, the most complicated natural system on the planet.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Galapagos Wildlife: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Traveller) by James Kavanagh Publisher Comments An essential guide for eco-tourists visiting this archipelago, this copiously illustrated exploration highlights the species of birds, mammals, reptiles, fishes, and insects indigenous to the Galapagos Islands. Laminated for durability, it is ideal for... (read more) Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Galápagos: World's End by William Beebe Publisher Comments More than 100 splendid illustrations enhance this fascinating firsthand account of a 1923 expedition to survey the wildlife of the Galápagos Islands. Beebe, a renowned biologist and explorer, combines literary skill with careful research to produce an... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $16.82 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Floods of Fortune: Ecology and Economy Along the Amazon by Michael Goulding Publisher Comments As the depredation of the planet's greatest storehouse of biodiversity — the Amazon region — continues apace, it is vitally important to understand the implications of the immense devastation the area has undergone. Describing the stunning... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Costa Rican Natural History by Daniel H Janzen Publisher Comments This volume is a synthesis of existing knowledge about the flora and fauna of Costa Rica. The major portion of the book consists of detailed accounts of agricultural species, vegetation, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, and insects. "This is an... (read more) List Price $71.25 Your price: $25.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Costa Rica: A Journey Through Nature by Adrian Hepworth Publisher Comments A magnificent illustrated testimony to Costa Rica's fragile beauty. Costa Rica: A Journey through Nature is a hard cover coffee-table book packed with stunning photographs from Costa Rica that represent 13 years of field work. This exquisite book of... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Last Forest : the Amazon in the Age of Globalization (07 Edition) by Mark London Publisher Comments With a landmass larger than the continental U.S. west of the Mississippi and the richest diversity of plant and animal species on earth, the Amazon has always struck its explorers and would-be exploiters as infinite and largely impenetrable. For decades,... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Deep Jungle by Fred Pearce Publisher Comments Deep Jungle is an exploration of the most alien and feared habitat on earth. Beginning with mans earliest recorded adventures, Fred Pearce takes us high into the canopy—home to two-thirds of all the creatures on our planet. Pearce also uncovers... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $3.98 Used - Hardcover
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Footprints in the Jungle: Natural Resource Industries, Infrastructure, and Biodiversity Conservation by Ian A Bowles Publisher Comments This volume looks at new approaches that lessen the impact of development on tropical forests. It collects numerous case studies by project managers, advocates, and researchers from major international companies, development agencies, universities, and... (read more) List Price $144.75 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Spirits of the Jaguar: The Natural History and Ancient Civilizations of the Caribbean and Central America by Paul Reddish Publisher Comments Spirits of the Jaguar explores the natural history of the Caribbean and Central America, from their fiery birth to the present day. One hundred and fifty million years ago, Central America and the Caribbean did not exist. As a result of the shifting of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Requiem for Nature, C by John Terborgh Publisher Comments For ecologist John Terborgh, Manu National Park in the rainforest of Peru is a second home; he has spent half of each of the past twenty-five years there conducting research. Like all parks, Manu is assumed to provide inviolate protection to nature. Yet... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tropical Rainforest: A World Survey of Our Most Valuable Endangered Habitat with a Blueprint for Its Survival by Arnold Newman Book News Annotation Newman (founder, International Society for the Preservation of the Tropical Rainforest) introduces a general readership to the ecology and distribution of the world's remaining tropical rainforests, describes the consequences of continued... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $2.98 Used - Hardcover
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Nature of the Rainforest: Costa Rica and Beyond (Comstock Book) by Adrian Forsyth Synopsis This work offers a breathtaking tour of an environment that is the pinnacle of biodiversity and evolutionary sophistication. The luminous photographs capture stunning and rare creatures in action while the text communicates key ecological topics. Full... (read more) List Price $36.75 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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