This book explodes the myth of ‘the rain forest’ as a single, uniform entity. The book, illustrated throughout with color photographs, will be invaluable reading for undergraduate students in a wide range of courses as well as an authoritative reference for graduate and professional ecologists, conservationists, and interested amateurs.

Contents
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Acknowledgments
1 Many Tropical Rain Forests
2 Plants: Building Blocks of the Rain Forest
3 Primate Communities: A Key to Understanding Biogeography and Ecology
4 Carnivores and Plant-eaters
5 Birds: Linkages in the Rain Forest Community
6 Fruit Bats and Gliding Animals in the Forest Canopy
7 Insects: Diverse, Abundant, and Ecologically Important
8 Island Rain Forests
10 The Future of Tropical Rain Forests
References
Index

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