Tropical Rain Forests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison.(Book review)

From: The Geographical Journal | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Tropical Rain Forests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison. BY RICHARD PRIMACK and RICHARD CORLETT

Oxford: Blackwell, 2005, 319 pp. [pounds sterling]39.99 ISBN 0 632 04512 2

This book attempts to dispel the myth that all rain forests are similar, and highlights what the authors feel are the tremendous differences between tropical rain forests from different regions and with different evolutionary histories. The book is logically structured, and uses a comparative approach to address the ecological differences between tropical forests. The introductory chapter ...

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