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Product Description: To understand almost any part of the tropical rain forest's fabulously complex web of life, one must first learn to identify a bewildering array of plants. Alwyn Gentry's landmark book, completed just before his tragic death in 1993, is the only field guide to the nearly 250 families of woody plants in the most species-rich region of South America...read more
By Alwyn H. Gentry and Rodolfo Vasquez (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781881173014 | Conservation Intl, December 1, 1993, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: To understand almost any part of the tropical rain forest's fabulously complex web of life, one must first learn to identify a bewildering array of plants.

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The rapid disappearance of tropical forests is widely recognized as a crucial problem for the world's environment, yet little is known about these complex ecosystems. In this book, experts on the four most thoroughly studied rainforests in Central and South America (Manaus, Brazil; Manu Park, Peru; Barro Colorado Island, Panama and La Selva, Costa Rica) compare the flora, fauna, and ecological characteristics of these forests. This assemblage of data, available for the first time, should be a valuable resource for researchers and students. (view table of contents)
By Alwyn H. Gentry (editor)

Hardcover:

9780300047226 | Yale Univ Pr, February 1, 1991, cover price $90.00 | About this edition: The rapid disappearance of tropical forests is widely recognized as a crucial problem for the world's environment, yet little is known about these complex ecosystems.

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9780300054484 | Reprint edition (Yale Univ Pr, February 1, 1993), cover price $65.00

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