Ornaments of Life - Coevolution and Conservation in the Tropics

The average kilometer of tropical rainforest is teeming with life; it contains thousands of species of plants and animals. This title reveals, many of the rainforest inhabitants - toucans, monkeys, leaf-nosed bats, and hummingbirds, to name a few - are an important component of the infrastructure that supports life in the forest. "Theodore H. Fleming and W. John Kress provide an around-the-world tour of tropical flowers and fruits, and mutual dependency between the plants that produce them and the animals that visit them. The rich blend of natural history and evolutionary ecology yields many new insights about origins and importance of these 'ornaments' to tropical ecosystems. This book will spark the imagination and curiosity of anyone interested in the beauty of nature." --Douglas Levey "National Science Foundation " Zusammenfassung The average kilometer of tropical rainforest is teeming with life; it contains thousands of species of plants and animals. This title reveals, many of the rainforest inhabitants - toucans, monkeys, leaf-nosed bats, and hummingbirds, to name a few - are an important component of the infrastructure that supports life in the forest.

Product details

• Authors: Theodore H. Fleming, Theodore H. Kress Fleming, Fleming Theodore H., W. John Kress, W. John Fleming Kress, Kress W. John
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.10.2013
• EAN: 9780226253411
• ISBN: 978-0-226-25341-1
• No. of pages: 616
• Series: Interspecific Interactions; Interspecific Interactions (Pa; Interspecific Interactions
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Biodiversity, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Tropics, Conservation of wildlife and habitats