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Title: A Neotropical Companion by John C. Kricher, Mark J. Plotkin ISBN: 0-691-04433-3 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 29 September, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $80.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A wonderful companion for rainforest trekking
Comment: We have just returned (Dec. 1998) from an eight day trip on the Rio Negro and Amazon Rivers. Kricher's book is the perfect companion. Can be read in advance to prepare yourself for the astounding diversity of species and environments or consulted for immediate information through an excellent index. The well written and thorough text is a joy to read. Be warned the variety of animal, plant and insect species is unbelievable and Kricher's book is not a field guide. He does cover many of the common species, but if you are a bird, plant, reptile or insect nut, then bring appropriate field guides.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good companion to other books
Comment: Wonderfully researched, if sometimes silly in the execution. Like the other reviewers here mention, the incompetent use of puns is distracting. This book is best as a companion to other books on the subject or on a specific country.
I went to Costa Rica recently and I brought this book along with the coffee-table book, Costa Rica: The Last Country the Gods Made.
The essays, " New Conservation in the Costa Rican Parks System" and especially "House Made of Rain" touch on many of the subjects discussed in Kricher's text, albeit with MUCH more elegance in the writing!
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Introductory Text
Comment: I found Kricher's text to be an enlightening, easy read for those interested in learning a subject they're not too familiar with. His explanations are satisfactory and he provides a broad, encyclopedic insight into the Neotropics as well as references for further reading. I also found his quips to be a nice break from the dry and tiresome technicalities that the topic often entails. Overall I think his book provides exactly what it he intended: an introductory text into Neotropical ecology.
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Title: Tropical Nature : Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America by Adrian Forsyth, Ken Miyata ISBN: 0684187108 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 29 January, 1987 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide by Louise H. Emmons, Francois Feer ISBN: 0226207218 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Breakfast of Biodiversity: The Truth About Rain Forest Destruction by John Vandermeer, Vandana Shiva, Ivette Perfecto ISBN: 0935028668 Publisher: Food First Books Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Costa Rican Natural History by Daniel H. Janzen ISBN: 0226393348 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: November, 1983 List Price(USD): $39.00 |
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Title: A Guide to the Birds of Panama by Robert S. Ridgely, John A. Gwynne ISBN: 0691025126 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 15 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $47.50 |
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