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Title Monteverde : ecology and conservation of a tropical cloud forest / edited by Nalini M. Nadkarni, Nathaniel T. Wheelwright
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 573 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction / Nalini M. Nadkarni & Nathaniel T. Wheelwright -- The physical environment / Kenneth L. Clark, Robert O. Lawton, & Paul R. Butler -- Plants and vegetation / William A. Haber -- Insects and spiders / edited by Paul Hanson -- Amphibians and reptiles / J. Alan Pounds -- Birds / Bruce E. Young & David B. McDonald -- Mammals / Robert M. Timm & Richard K. LaVal -- Plant-animal interactions / K. Greg Murray, Sharon Kinsman, & Judith L. Bronstein -- Ecosystem ecology and forest dynamics / Nalini M. Nadkarni, Robert O. Lawton, Kenneth L. Clark, Teri J. Matelson, & Doug Schaefer -- Conservation in the Monteverde Zone : contributions of conservation organization / Leslie J. Burlingame -- Agriculture in Monteverde : moving toward sustainability / Katherine Griffith, Daniel Peck, & Joseph Stuckey -- Conservation biology / Nathaniel T. Wheelwright
Summary The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has captured the worldwide attention of biologists, conservationists, and ecologists and has been the setting for extensive investigation over the past 30 years. Roughly 40,000 ecotourists visit the Cloud Forest each year, and it is often considered the archetypal high-altitude rain forest. This volume brings together some of the most prominent researchers of the region to provide a broad introduction to the biology of the Monteverde, and cloud forests in general. Collecting and synthesizing vital information about the ecosystem and its biota, the book also e
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Natural history -- Costa Rica -- Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde
Cloud forest ecology -- Costa Rica -- Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde
Nature conservation -- Costa Rica -- Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity.
Cloud forest ecology
Natural history
Nature conservation
Gebirgswald
Naturschutz
Ökologie
Natuurbeheer.
Regenwouden.
Natuurreservaten.
Ecologie.
Écologie des forêts de nuage -- Costa Rica.
Nature -- Protection -- Costa Rica.
Reserva del Bosque Nuboso de Monteverde (Costa Rica)
Costa Rica -- Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde
Costa Rica
Form Electronic book
Author Nadkarni, Nalini, editor.
Wheelwright, Nathaniel T., editor.
LC no. 98026919
ISBN 9780199770977
0199770972
9780197561546
0197561543
1280593326
9781280593321
9786613623157
6613623156