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Costa
Rica Natural History Books
general | plants | animals | insects | regions |
field guides | birds
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Costa Rican
Natural History
The bible of Costa Rican plants, animals
and insects. This is the one book you will find on the
shelves of every research station, park, and preserve.
Highly Recommended by
Daniel H. Janzen (Editor), Paperback, 816 pages, Publisher:
University of Chicago
Press, (November 1983), ISBN: 0226393348
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Tropical Nature : Life and Death in the Rain
Forests of Central and South America
A series of essays by the two authors
(Forsyth mainly in Costa Rica, Miyata mainly in Ecuador).
Chapters include,
epiphytes, bugs and drugs, army ants, artful guises, Jerry's
maggot, night walks. The authors encourage you to get to
know the rainforest by hanging out there. The writing style
is much more original and engaging than many authors that
have attempted the same book. For example there is a chapter
(fertility)
on
pooping in the woods, then waiting and watching as the rainforest
assimilates your contribution to fertility. Highly
Recommended
by Adrian Forsyth, Paperback,
272 pages, Publisher: Touchstone Books, (1987), ISBN: 0684187108
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| PLANTS |
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Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica and
Panama
by Robert L. Dressler, Paperback, 374 pages, Publisher:
Cornell Univ Press, (1993), ISBN: 0801481392
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Orchids of Guatemala and Belize
not yet rated
by Oakes Ames,
Donovan Stewart Correll, Paperback, 800 pages, Publisher:
Dover Publications, (1985), ISBN: 0486248348
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Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas
Beautiful color plates complimented
by species accounts and ecology.
by Andrew Henderson, Gloria Galeano,
Rodrigo Bernal, Paperback, 363 pages, Publisher: Princeton
Univ Press, (1997), ISBN: 0691016003
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The Cattleyas and Their Relatives:
Brassavola, Encyclia, and Other Genera of Mexico and Central
America
not yet rated
This is not a coffee table book full
of color pictures. It is a study of the history, cultivation,
breeding and ecology.
by Carl L. Withner, Brassavola Encycila,
Hardcover, 242 pages, Publisher: Timber Press, (1998),
ISBN: 0881924563
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names
of North America Including Mexico: In Latin, Spanish (Mexican
and European) and English (American)
by Richard C. White, Hardcover,
600 pages, Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd, (2003), ISBN:
0444512721
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The Natural History of Costa Rican
Mammals
by Mark Wainwright, Paperback,
384 pages, Publisher: Distribuidores Zona Tropical, S.A.,
(2003), ISBN: 0970567812
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Encyclopedia
of Marine Mammals
by William Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. Thewissen, Hardcover, 1414 pages, Publisher:
Academic Press, (January 2002), ISBN: 0125513402
Description adapted from the publisher.
A benchmark achivement including complete species list (living
and extinct), comprehensive glossary with definitions for
more than 1,000 specialized terms, photographs, line drawings,
maps, tables, and figures.
Not yet reviewed
$US 139.95 from Amazon -or-
Barnes&Noble
member price $US 132.95
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A
Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas
by Jay Mathers
Savage, Michael Fogden (Photographer), Patricia Fogden
(Photographer), Hardcover, 934 pages, Publisher: University
of Chicago Press, (August 2002), ISBN: 0226735370
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A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa
Rica
by Twan Leenders, Paperback, 305 pages,
Publisher: Distribuidores Zona Tropical, S.A., (2001), ISBN:
0970567804
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Trogons And Quetzals Of The World
not yet rated
by Paul A. Johnsgard, Hardcover, 272
pages, Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press, (July
2000), ISBN: 1560983884
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The Butterflies of Costa Rica and
Their Natural History, Vol. I: Papilionidae, Pieridae,
Nymphalidae
by Philip J. Devries, Paperback: 327
pages, Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr, (1987), ISBN: 0691024030
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The Butterflies of Costa Rica and
Their Natural History, Vol. II: Riodinidae
by Philip J. Devries, Paperback, 288
pages, Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr, (1997), ISBN: 0691028893
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LA Selva: Ecology and Natural History
of a Neotropical Rain Forest
by Lucinda A. McDade, Kamaljit S. Bawa
(Editor), Henry A. Hespenheide (Editor), Publisher: University
of Chicago Press, (1994), ISBN: 0226039528
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Green
Phoenix: Restoring the Tropical Forests of Guanacaste, Costa
Rica
Sort of a Biography of Daniel Janzen interwoven
with a description of trying to recreate one of the most
endangered habitats in the world.
by William Allen, Samantha Burton (Illustrator), Paperback, 310 pages, Publisher:
Oxford University Press, (April 2003), ISBN: 0195161777
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Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation
of a Tropical Cloud Forest
by Nalini M. Nadkarni (Editor), Nathaniel
T. Wheelwright (Editor), Publisher: Getty Ctr for Education
in the Arts, (February 2000), ISBN: 0195133102
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