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AMAZON
Worth Looking For
In the Heart of the Amazon Forest
• Henry Walter Bates
LITERATURE •
2007 •
PAPER
• 108 PAGES
• COMING IN
A riveting account of adventures in the tropical rainforest of the northern Amazon, excerpted from the classic Naturalist of the River Amazonas (1863). Bates spent 11 years in the Brazilian Amazon, originally in the company of Alfred Russel Wallace.
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The Biodiversity Crisis, Losing What Counts
• Michael Novacek
SCIENCE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
• COMING IN
Published by the American Museum of Natural History and edited by Provost Michael Novacek, this illuminating primer includes contributions by Jane Goodall, Daniel Janzen, E.O. Wilson, Paul Ehrlich, Peter Raven, Norman Myers and other luminaries in the field. A companion book to the Hall of Biodiversity, it's a clear, accessible overview, augmented by maps, photographs and charts. Of equal interest to the student or traveler.
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