A neotropical companion
Subtitle: an introduction to the animals, plants, and ecosystems of the New World tropics
By: John Kricher ; illustrated by William E. Davis, Jr.
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
Subjects: Ecology -- Latin America; Natural history -- Latin America
Description: A Neotropical Companion is an extraordinarily readable introduction to the American tropics, the lands of Central and South America, their remarkable rainforests and other ecosystems, and the creatures that live there. This second edition has been substantially revised and expanded to incorporate the abundance of new scientific information that has been produced since it was first published in 1989.

Major additions have been made to every chapter, and new chapters have been added on Neotropical ecosystems, human ecology, and the effects of deforestation. Biodiversity and its preservation are discussed throughout the book, and Neotropical evolution is described in detail. This new edition offers all new drawings and photographs, many of them in color.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [396]-434) and indexes.