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  • Ecology and Evolution of Amazonian Fishes

    Assembling the Most Diverse Continental Vertebrate Fauna

    Edición de James S. Albert, Roberto E. Reis ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands of tropical America teem with fishes, in both abundance and variety. The thousands of species who inhabit these waterways exhibit a bewildering display of physiological, morphological, and behavioral specializations. Ecology and Evolution of Amazonian Fishes explains how the freshwater fishes of South America rose to become the most diverse continental ... Leer más

    $125.09 USD

  • Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes

    Edición de James S. Albert, Roberto Reis ...
    The fish faunas of continental South and Central America constitute one of the greatest concentrations of aquatic diversity on Earth, consisting of about 10 percent of all living vertebrate species. Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes explores the evolutionary origins of this unique ecosystem. The chapters address central themes in the study of tropical biodiversity: why is ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas

    Edición de Peter van der Sleen, James S. Albert ...
    Series series Princeton Field Guides
    The Amazon and Orinoco basins in northern South America are home to the highest concentration of freshwater fish species on earth, with more than 3,000 species allotted to 564 genera. Amazonian fishes include piranhas, electric eels, freshwater stingrays, a myriad of beautiful small-bodied tetras and catfishes, and the largest scaled freshwater fish in the world, the pirarucu. Field Guide to the ... Leer más

    $41.79 USD

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  • Ancient Maya Commerce

    Multidisciplinary Research at Chunchucmil

    Edición de Scott R. Hutson ...
    Ancient Maya Commerce presents nearly two decades of multidisciplinary research at Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico—a thriving Classic period Maya center organized around commercial exchange rather than agriculture. An urban center without a king and unable to sustain agrarian independence, Chunchucmil is a rare example of a Maya city in which economics, not political rituals, served as the engine of ... Leer más

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  • Tropical Ecology

    de John Kricher ...
    This full-color illustrated textbook offers the first comprehensive introduction to all major aspects of tropical ecology. It explains why the world's tropical rain forests are so universally rich in species, what factors may contribute to high species richness, how nutrient cycles affect rain forest ecology, and how ecologists investigate the complex interrelationships among flora and fauna. It ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys

    The Fascinating Fossil Mammals of South America

    de Darin A. Croft ...
    Series series Life of the Past
    A thrilling guide to the Cenozoic mammals of South America, featuring seventy-five life reconstructions of extinct species, plus photos of specimens and sites.South America is home to some of the most distinctive mammals on Earth—giant armadillos, tiny anteaters, the world's largest rodent, and its smallest deer. But the continent once supported a variety of other equally intriguing mammals that ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The New Neotropical Companion

    de John C. Kricher ...
    The acclaimed guide to the ecology and natural history of the American tropics—now fully updated and expandedThe New Neotropical Companion is the completely revised and expanded edition of a book that has helped thousands of people to understand the complex ecology and natural history of the most species-rich area on Earth, the American tropics. Featuring stunning color photos throughout, it is a ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Second Growth

    The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation

    de Robin L. Chazdon ...
    For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” ecosystems housed superior levels of biodiversity. With Second Growth, Robin L. Chazdon reveals those assumptions to be largely false, bringing to the fore the previously overlooked counterpart to old-growth forest: second ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD

  • Guide of Amphibians and Reptiles of São Tomé and Príncipe

    de César J. Pollo ...
    The Gulf of Guinea oceanic islands (Príncipe, São Tomé and Annobón) are the result of volcanic activity of the Cameroon Volcanic Line that occurred along this fracture in the earth's crust during the lower Tertiary and early Quaternary and that continues inland as the Cameroon/Nigerian mountains.They are located between 220 and 350 kilometers from the western coast of Central Africa and have never ... Leer más

    $1.50 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • El Hierro Island Global Geopark

    Diversity of Volcanic Heritage for Geotourism

    Edición de Javier Dóniz-Páez, Nemesio M. Pérez ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book explores El Hierro Island, which is geologically the youngest of the Canary Islands (Spain). Having registered its latest volcanic eruption in 2011-2012, it is an oceanic subtropical island with low population pressure and a largely unchanged natural landscape. Accordingly, a great geodiversity of volcanic morphologies and erosion processes has been preserved. In addition, ... Leer más

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  • Natural Hazards and Human-Exacerbated Disasters in Latin America

    Special Volumes of Geomorphology

    de Edgardo Latrubesse ...
    Series Libro 13 - Developments in Earth Surface Processes
    The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms and consequences on South American societies. The chapters are written by selected specialists of each country. Human-induced disasters are also included, such as desertification in Patagonia and soil erosion in Brazil. The receding of South-American glaciers as a ... Leer más

    $131.99 USD

  • Neotropical Birds of Prey

    Biology and Ecology of a Forest Raptor Community

    Edición de David Whitacre ...
    Until recently, surprisingly little has been known about the biology and behavior of tropical forest raptors, including such basic aspects as diets, breeding biology, habitat requirements, and population ecology, information critical to the development of conservation efforts. The Peregrine Fund conducted a significant eight-year-long research program on the raptor species, including owls, in ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD