"This is the first ethnographic study of the farmers and foragers of northeastern Zaire since Colin Turnbull's classic works of the 1960s. Roy Richard Grinker lived for nearly two years among the Lese farmers and their long-term partners, the Efe (Pygmies), learned their languag…
This book provides a detailed account of the methods used to establish the Barro Colorado Island plot - with records on 325,000 individual trees the largest original forest census in the world. It also reviews methodologies used at 11 other large plots that are part of the Cente…
"This book provides a detailed account of the methods used to establish the Barro Colorado Island plot - with records on 325,000 individual trees, the largest original forest census in the world. It also reviews methodologies used at 11 other large plots that are part of the Cen…
In addition to collecting vital information about Monteverde's ecosystems and the biota of Central American cloud forests, the editors examine the positive and negative effects of human activity on both the forests and the surrounding communities. This volume also addresses curr…
The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has captured the worldwide attention of biologists, conservationists, and ecologists and has been the setting for extensive investigation over the past 30 years. Roughly 40,000 ecotourists visit the Cloud Forest each year, and it is often cons…