Jungle of the Maya
By: photographs by Douglas Goodell and Jerry Barrack ; text by Jim Wright ; foreword by Archie Carr III.
Contributors: Barrack, Jerry.; Wright, Jim, 1950-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9780292714120
Subjects: Rain forest animals -- Maya Forest.; Rain forest animals -- Maya Forest -- Pictorial works.; Maya Forest.; Maya Forest -- Pictorial works.
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: "The Selva Maya (Jungle of the Maya) is one of the world's most magical yet least appreciated places - an enormous tropical forest that encompasses much of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. At 9,000,000 acres, it is the largest contiguous tropical forest north of the Amazon in the Western Hemisphere." "Jungle of the Maya presents a photographic portrait of this irreplaceable natural treasure."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Welcome to Eden; title: At the jungle's edge; title: Hummingbirds and butterflies; title: Howlers and spider monkeys; title: In the jungle; title: Jaguars and other cats; title: By the water; title: The Maya presence; title: Camouflage and the art of seeing; title: Cool and unusual; title: The future of the forest.