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The Tropical Rain Forest: An Ecological Study
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$132.00
By P. W. Richards, R. P. D. Walsh (Contribution by), I. C. Baillie (Contribution by), P. Greig-Smith (Contribution by)
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The rain forests of tropical America, Africa, Asia, and Australia are rapidly vanishing. With a focus on ecology, this book discusses rain forests as complex natural systems that are continually changing in response to climate and soil conditions, as well as to shifting cultivation, logging, and other human activities. The completely revised edition includes new chapters on climate (contributed by R.P.D. Walsh), microclimates and hydrology (contributed by R.P.D. Walsh), soils (contributed b...