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Author:   Adrian Forsyth ,  Patricia Fogden ,  Michael Fogden ,  Edward O. Wilson
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Comstock Publishing Associates
Dimensions:   Width: 26.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 28.60cm
Weight:   1.361kg
ISBN:  

9780801474750

ISBN 10:   0801474752
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   30 October 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Adrian Forsyth contributes with this book to the genuine literature of ecology, wherein exact knowledge is expressed through the prisms of disciplined emotion. Such writing requires a rare combination of scientific training and metaphorical skill, and Forsyth displays the instincts of a creative writer, taking us deep into the tropical rainforest. Nature of the Rainforest calls attention to the best of this planet and to the compelling reasons why we should look south, inland, to the forest of dreams. -from the Foreword by E. O. Wilson

Nature of the Rainforest is an absolutely spectacular, essential addition to the library of any natural history buff, ecologist, or tropical forest conservationist. Its text reads like a Sand County Almanac for the tropics (something long needed and overdue) while the stunning photographs depict stories of how life works in this unique ecosystem. Adrian Forsyth loves the forest, understands the forest, and writes really well. The Fogdens' incredible photographs, which serve as biological portraits of ecology, left me breathless. Meg Lowman, author of Life in the Treetops

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Adrian Forsyth is an internationally renowned biologist, conservationist, and nature writer. He is the author of Tropical Nature, The Natural History of Sex, The Nature of Birds, Exploring the World of Insects, and Mammals of North America. He is President of the Amazon Conservation Association and a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution. Michael Fogden and Patricia Fogden are world-acclaimed nature photographers. Since 1979, they have lived for about half of each year in Monteverde, using their home as a base for photography excursions throughout Costa Rica. They are the authors of Animals and their Colours and Costa Rica: Wildlife of the National Parks and Reserves. E. O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Research Professor in Entomology in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and the author most recently of The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth.

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