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COSTA RICA
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Field Guide to the Wildlife of Costa Rica
• Carrol Henderson
• Alexander Skutch
FIELD GUIDE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 560 PAGES
A comprehensive photographic guide to 300 commonly encountered and unusual species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and moths, and other invertebrates. With a good overview of the geographic setting and natural history of the region, literature cited, descriptions and detailed distribution maps for each species, 345 color and 75 black-and-white photographs and 273 maps. Henderson, a wildlife biologist, is a popular tour leader in Costa Rica. An excellent (if hefty) resource for the traveler.
(CRC27, $39.95) |
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Nature of the Rainforest, Costa Rica and Beyond
• Adrian Forsyth
• E.O. Wilson
• Michael Fogden
NATURAL HISTORY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 200 PAGES
Biologist Adrian Forsyth uses anecdote and example from his many decades in the tropics to illuminate the basic concepts of ecology, evolution and conservation in these marvelous essays. One hundred and ninety-one magnificent photographs of rare and wonderful birds, mammals and other creatures of the forest by Michael and Patricia Fogden complement the text.
(CRC67, $29.95) |
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Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide
• L.H. Emmons
FIELD GUIDE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 298 PAGES
An illustrated guide to the mammals of the New World tropics, compact enough to slip into your daypack, with 29 color plates illustrating more than 200 species. It covers most Central and South American mammals. Even the author concedes that it's difficult to see many of the more elusive rain forest mammals but keep a close watch for the sloths -- they're marvelous, and not likely to escape in a hurry.
(GPS12, $42.50) |
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