An Introduction to Tropical Rain Forests

By T.C. Whitmore

Book Overview

This book provides a complete introduction to the fascinating world of the tropical rain forest. Written for a broad readership, it describes the structure and function of rain-forest ecosystems, their value to us, and the damage we are causing them. A recognized authority in the field, T.C. Whitmore confronts the problems of conserving these ecologically vital regions without sensationalism or distortion. He presents a wealth of vital information in a form accessible to anyone wishing to know more about these luxuriant and diverse regions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198542763
• ISBN13: 9780198542766
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.7" x 0.6" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Good introduction to tropical rainforest

This book is a good general introduction to the tropical rainforest of the world. It includes sections on plants, ecology, convergent evolution, and human use. It has some black and white photographs and 'classic' diagrams and graphs. It's technical level is probably that of early university ecology. (It is obviously good, as someone has knocked my copy off!) Damon Ramsey, author of "Rainforest of tropical Australia"

this book was very enriching and enlightening, spiritual

It was a book that helped me gain knowledge but it also made me want to go out and explore it, it was fabulous Icould hardly put it down and it helped a lot with my research paper. Thanks