Naturalists on the isthmus of Panama
Subtitle: a hundred years of natural history on the biological bridge of the Americas
By: Stanley Heckadon-Moreno
Edition: First English edition.
Publisher: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Panama
Language: eng
Translated from: spa
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9789962614074
Subjects: Natural history; Naturalists; Biography; History
Work titles: Naturalistas del Istmo de Panamá
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271).
Table of contents: title: Berthold Seemann and the expedition of the HMS Herald to Panama (1846-1851); title: Berthold Seemann and the flora of Panama (1848); title: Berthold Seemann's notes on the Panamanian fauna (1848); title: The geography and population of Panama according to Berthold Seemann (1849); title: The naturalist Joseph von Warscewicz in Panama (1848-1851); title: The explorations of Wilmot Brown, Jr. (1900-1904); title: The Smithsonian Institution and the Biological Survey of Panama (1910-1912); title: Henri Pittier : botanical studies in Panama (1897-1916); title: Henri Pittier : botanical and ethnographic studies on the coasts of Colón, San Blas, and Puerto Obaldía (1811); title: Henri Pittier : Chiriquí in the dry season of 1911; title: Henri Pittier : the Guaymies of Chiriquí (1911-1912); title: The Chepo savannas and the Bayano forests according to Henri Pittier (1911); title: The zoological explorations of Edward A. Goldman (1910-1912); title: Seth E. Meek and Samuel F. Hildebrand : the fishes of Panama (1910-1944); title: James Zetek : Barro Colorado Biological Station (1923-1953); title: C.W. Powell's orchid garden at Cerro Ancón (1910-1926); title: Frank M. Chapman : from banker to a student of nature in Panama (1912-1935); title: Ludlow Griscom and his studies on the birds of Panama (1917-1927); title: Paul C. Standley and the flora of Panama's interoceanic region (1923-1925); title: The expeditions of George Proctor Cooper to the forests of Bocas del Toro and Chiriquí (1926-1928); title: Paul Allen's botanical and forestry studies in Panama (1934-1954); title: Alexander Wetmore and the birds of Panama (1944-1966); title: Studies by Alexander Wetmore on the birds of Panama's Pacific islands (1944-1956); title: Eugene Eisenmann Brandon : lawyer and student of the birds of Panama (1939-1981).