Author: Daniel Carpenter PeckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
The Association of Spittlebugs with Grasslands
Author: Daniel Carpenter PeckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Monteverde
Author: Nalini M. NadkarniPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199770972
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
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 year, and it is often considered the archetypal high-altitude rain forest. This volume brings together some of the most prominent researchers of the region to provide a broad introduction to the biology of the Monteverde, and cloud forests in general. Collecting and synthesizing vital information about the ecosystem and its biota, the book also examines the positive and negative effects of human activity on both the forest and the surrounding communities. Ecologists, tropical biologists, and natural historians will find this volume an indispensable resource, as will all those who are fascinated by the magnificent wonders of the tropical forests.
Proceedings of the International Grassland Conference
Author: Grasslands
Author: American Association for the Advancement of SciencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Costa Rican Ecosystems
Author: Maarten KappellePublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022627893X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
In 1502, Christopher Columbus named Costa Rica, and while gold and silver never materialized to justify the moniker of rich coast in purely economic terms, scientists and ecotravelers alike have long appreciated its incredible wealth. Wealth in Costa Rica is best measured by its biodiversityhome to a dizzying number of plants and animals, many endemic, it s a country that has long encouraged and welcomed researchers from the world over, and is exemplary in the creation and commitment to indigenous conservation and management programs. Costa Rica is considered to have the best preserved natural resources in Latin America. Approximately nine percent (about 1,000,000 acres) of Costa Rica has been protected in 15 national parks, and a comparable amount of land is protected as wildlife refuges, forest reserves or Indian reservations. This long-awaited synthesis of Costa Rican ecosystems is an authoritative presentation of the paleoecology, biogeography, structure, conservation, and sustainable use of Costa Rica s ecosystems. It systematically covers the entire range of Costa Rica s natural and managed, terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, including its island systems (Cocos Islands), the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and shores (coasts, coral reefs, mangrove forests), its lowlands (dry, season and wet forests), its highlands (the northern volcanoes and southern Talamanca s), and its estuaries, rivers, lakes, swamps and bogs. The volume s integrated, comprehensive format will be welcomed by tropical and temperate biologists alike, by biogeographers, plant and animal ecologists, marine biologists, conservation biologists, foresters, policy-makers and all scientists, natural history specialists and all with an interest in Costa Rica s ecosystems."
Proceedings, Annual Meeting - North Central States Branch, American Association of Economic Entomologists
Author: American Association of Economic Entomologists. North Central States BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beneficial insects
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Anais do Congresso Internacional de Pastagens
Author: Annals of the Entomological Society of America
Author: Ecological Society of America ... Annual Meeting Abstracts
Author: Ecological Society of America. MeetingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
Author: