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Tables of Contents for The Ecotraveller's Wildlife Guide Brazil
Ecotourism: Travel for the Environmentally Concerned
1
7
What Ecotourism is and Why It's Important
1
1
How Ecotourism Helps; Ecotravel Ethics
2
2
Brazil: Biodiversity and Ecotourism
4
2
Brazil: Environmental Problems and Changing Attitudes
6
2
Geography and Habitats
8
25
11
2
Large-leaved Understory Plants13
1
Tree Bases and Roots13
1
Climbers and Vines13
1
Epiphytes14
1
Palms14
1
Major Ecosystems and Habitats; Common Plants
14
16
15
12
Varzea and Oxbow Lakes27
1
Pantanal28
2
Mangrove and Coastal Vegetation30
1
Pastures, Farms, and Plantations30
1
Environmental Close-up 1: Why is Farming so Difficult in the Tropics?
30
3
Parks and Reserves: Brief Descriptions
33
6
Northeastern Amazon (NEA) and Coastal Mangrove Forest (CMF)
34
1
Northwestern Amazon (NWA)
35
1
Environmental Close-up 2: Blackwater Rivers and Whitewater Rivers: Water Colors in the Amazon and Pantanal
37
2
Environmental Threats and Conservation
39
12
39
4
Pantanal43
2
Extractive Reserves46
1
Sustainable Agriculture47
1
Ecotourism48
3
How to Use This Book: Ecology and Natural History
51
9
What is Natural History?
51
1
What is Ecology and What Are Ecological Interactions?
51
2
53
4
Information in the Color Plate Sections57
3
Insects and Other Arthropods
60
19
General Characteristics and Classification of Arthropods
62
1
Features of Tropical Arthropods
62
1
Seeing Arthropods in Brazil
63
1
Order and Family Profiles
64
15
64
1
Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Cockroaches65
1
Termites66
1
Cicadas and Relatives67
1
Antlions68
1
Beetles68
3
Butterflies and Moths71
3
Flies74
1
Ants, Wasps, and Bees74
3
Spiders77
1
Crustaceans78
1
General Characteristics and Classification of Amphibians
80
2
Seeing Amphibians in Brazil
82
1
82
2
Rainfrogs84
3
Treefrogs87
3
Poison-dart Frogs90
3
Other Frogs93
2
Environmental Close-up 3: Frog Population Declines
95
2
General Characteristics and Classification of Reptiles
98
2
Seeing Reptiles in Brazil
100
1
100
3
Turtles103
2
Colubrids: Your Regular, Everyday Snakes105
3
Dangerous Snakes and Boas108
3
Amphisbaenians111
1
Geckos112
1
Iguanas and Relatives113
2
Other Lizards: Teids, Microteids, and Skinks115
2
Environmental Close-up 4: Endemism and High Species Diversity: Why Brazil?
117
4
General Characteristics and Classification of Birds
123
1
Features of Tropical Birds
124
1
Seeing Birds in Brazil
125
2
127
1
Terns128
1
Herons and Egrets129
3
Marsh and Stream Birds132
3
Ducks135
1
Shorebirds136
2
Tinamous and Rhea138
2
Guans and Trumpeter140
2
Vultures142
1
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites143
3
Falcons and Osprey146
2
Pigeons and Doves148
1
Parrots149
3
Cuckoos and Anis152
2
Owls154
2
Nightjars and Potoos156
1
Swifts and Swallows157
2
Hummingbirds159
4
Trogons163
1
Kingfishers164
2
Jacamars and Puffbirds166
1
Motmots167
1
Barbets and Toucans168
2
Woodpeckers170
2
Woodcreepers172
1
Ovenbirds173
1
Antbirds174
1
Manakins175
2
Cotingas177
2
American Flycatchers179
2
Jays181
2
Wrens and Gnatcatchers183
2
Thrushes and Mockingbirds185
1
Wood Warblers and Vireos186
2
Conebills and Honeycreepers188
1
Tanagers189
3
American Orioles and Blackbirds192
2
Sparrows and Finches194
2
Environmental Close-up 5: Frugivory: Animals That Eat Fruit and the Trees That Want Them To
196
5
General Characteristics and Classification of Mammals
202
1
Features of Tropical Mammals
203
1
Seeing Mammals in Brazil
204
1
205
2
Anteaters, Sloths, and Armadillos207
3
Bats210
6
Primates216
6
Carnivores222
5
Peccaries and Deer227
2
Rodents and Rabbit229
4
Manatee and Tapirs233
2
Dolphins235
2
Environmental Close-up 6: Of Kingfishers and Competition: Big Bills and Little Bills and How They Got That Way
237
2
Freshwater Fish of the Amazon
239
7
Catfish and Characins
240
2
References and Additional Reading
246
3
Identification Plates
261
208
WCS Conservation Work in Latin America
469
10