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Birds of Tropical America
• Steven Hilty
NATURAL HISTORY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 312 PAGES
An ornithologist and veteran leader of birding expeditions, Hilty serves up short essays on how to find and better appreciate the dizzying variety of neotropical birds, their habits and habitats, diversity and distribution in this favorite book. This is not a field guide, but rather a natural history and an introduction to antbirds, flycatchers, manikins and other typical bird families. With 11 lovely pencil illustrations by Mimi Hoppe Wolfe. Originally published in 1994, this new edition is updated with new references.
(CAM39, $25.00) |
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Life in the Treetops, Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology
• Margaret Lowman
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2000 •
PAPER
• 219 PAGES
The sprightly memoir of a biologist who, with her feet planted firmly on the ground, took to the trees in 1979. A pioneer in the ecology of forest tree canopies, Meg Lowman climbs, studies and sleeps in trees for a living. She's also a popular lecturer on trips to the Amazon and Director of Research and Conservation at Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota. She's remarkably frank in this engaging memoir about balancing her multiple roles as as scientist, woman, wife and mom.
(AMZ57, $13.95) |
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A Neotropical Companion
• John Kricher
• Mark Plotkin
NATURAL HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 536 PAGES
A tropical primer aimed at the motivated general reader. It's a systematic overview of the ecology, habitats, animals, plants and ecosystems of Central and South America. For those not put off by Latin names and concepts like Batesian mimicry, this handbook is a great introduction to the region.
(GPS11, $35.00) |
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Requiem for Nature
• John Terborgh
NATURAL HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 248 PAGES
• FAVORITE
A passionate and thoughtful plea for conservation of the rain forest from a noted biologist. John Terborgh's view of the fate of the rain forest, threatened by constant economic demands, can be quite dismal, but his informed arguments and his unwavering devotion to biodiversity are more than welcome. With a new preface by the author.
(FST07, $29.50) |
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Spix's Macaw, The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird
• Tony Juniper
NATURAL HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
In this suspenseful account Tony Juniper tells the story of the fight to save the habitat of the last remaining Spix's Macaw, an all-but-extinct Amazon parrot brought to the brink of extinction by smugglers. Juniper is executive director of Friends of the Earth
(AMZ95, $20.95) |
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