A compelling window to the wonders of tropical rain forests | Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain...

entertaining stories and excellent rainforest insights | Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America | Adrian Forsyth, Ken Miyata

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	• Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America Adrian Forsyth, Ken Miyata Touchstone, 1987 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 30 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Informative and fun reading

I read this before visiting the rainforest in southwest Peru. It's inviting, narrative, yet informative text made my experience all that more rewarding. A definite for any laypersons interested in the rainforest of the americas.

A compelling window to the wonders of tropical rain forests

If you have any interest in natural biology and ecology, this book is terrific reading. It is story-based, rather than a regurgitation of facts. Fortunately, the anecdotes in each chapter provide intriguing elements of the intricacies of life among plants, animals, and insects in the rain forest

entertaining stories and excellent rainforest insights

Excellent preparation for visiting the rain forests of Costa Rica.

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very informative, entertaining, captivating

A well written, easily readable biological treatise about basic American Tropical ecology. Initial chapter on the climate that dictates all else in the tropics is paticularly interesting. The remainder of the book is divided into various chapters dealing with various plant and animal idiosyncracies. Numerous fascinating facts, anectodes spice up what can potentially be a pretty dry, high-school biology textbook subject matter. The section on the importance of excrements to the rainforest and two chapters on tropical ants and their social lives fascinating. Good reading for anyone interested in basic tropical ecology.

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Wonderful!

If you're interested in tropical rain forests (and even if you've never given them much consideration), you'll find this book full of interesting information describing how the cycle of nature works in a tropical environment. Their accounts left me full of wonder. I'm awestruck by Mother Nature!

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