The Amazon River Forest: A Natural History of Plants, Animals, and People

by Nigel J.H. Smith

Book Overview

The floodplain forest of the worlds mightiest river, the Amazon, is one of the last major agricultural frontiers. Inhabitants of this bountiful environment have long harvested its wealth of plant and animal resources for a wide array of products, especially fruits, nuts, building materials, fuelwood, and medicinal plants. While the Amazon floodplain has great potential for food production, this unique habitat, inundated every year to a depth of up...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195126831
• ISBN13: 9780195126839
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"