Biodiversity Conservation in Costa Rica
Subtitle: Learning the Lessons in a Seasonal Dry Forest
Contributors: Gordon W. Frankie (Editor); Alfonso Mata (Editor); S. Bradleigh Vinson (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 6, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780520241039
Subjects: Biology, Life Sciences; Science; Forest ecology; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Nature; Nature/Ecology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Life Sciences - Ecology - Forest Ecology; Trees & Forests - General; Nature / General; Costa Rica; Forest biodiversity conservation; Forest biological diversity co
First sentence: WHEN COMPARING Neotropical life zones, one of the first generalizations to emerge is that seasonal dry forests have lower species diversity than wetter or more aseasonal life zones (Janzen 1983; Bullock et al. 1995).