Brazil: Amazon and Pantanal

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Author: David L. Pearson

ISBN-10: 1566565936

ISBN-13: 9781566565936

Category: Nature

This book has all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Brazil's magnificent animal and plant life.

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In this update of the 2002 Academic Press edition, Pearson (life sciences, Arizona State U.) and Beletsky (a wildlife biologist) offer a guide to an ecotourist's paradise. They provide details on the "mega-diverse" but threatened habitats of Brazil's Amazon and Patanal regions, wildlife profiles, and maps of park and reserve locations. Color illustrations feature flora as well as fauna. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Ch. 1Ecotourism : travel for the environmentally concerned1Ch. 2Geography and habitats8Ch. 3Parks and reserves : brief descriptions33Ch. 4Environmental threats and conservation39Ch. 5How to use this book : ecology and natural history51Ch. 6Insects and other arthropods60Ch. 7Amphibians79Ch. 8Reptiles97Ch. 9Birds121Ch. 10Mammals201Ch. 11Freshwater fish of the Amazon239