From the Book - Regular Print
Chapter 1 Ecotourism: Travel for the Environmentally Concerned 1 --
What Ecotourism Is and Why It's Important 1 --
How Ecotourism Helps; Ecotravel Ethics 2 --
Brazil: Biodiversity and Ecotourism 4 --
Brazil: Environmental Problems and Changing Attitudes 6 --
Chapter 2 Geography and Habitats 8 --
Geography and Climate 8 --
Vegetation Patterns 11 --
Major Ecosystems and Habitats; Common Plants 14 --
Environmental Close-up 1 Why is Farming so Difficult in the Tropics? 30 --
Chapter 3 Parks and Reserves: Brief Descriptions 33 --
Northeastern Amazon (NEA) and Coastal Mangrove Forest (CMF) 34 --
Northwestern Amazon (NWA) 35 --
Southern Amazon (SAM) 35 --
Environmental Close-up 2 Blackwater Rivers and Whitewater Rivers: Water Colors in the Amazon and Pantanal 37 --
Chapter 4 Environmental Threats and Conservation 39 --
Environmental Threats 39 --
Chapter 5 How to Use This Book: Ecology and Natural History 51 --
What is Natural History? 51 --
What is Ecology and What Are Ecological Interactions? 51 --
Chapter 6 Insects and Other Arthropods 60 --
General Characteristics and Classification of Arthropods 62 --
Features of Tropical Arthropods 62 --
Seeing Arthropods in Brazil 63 --
Order and Family Profiles 64 --
Chapter 7 Amphibians 79 --
General Characteristics and Classification of Amphibians 80 --
Seeing Amphibians in Brazil 82 --
Environmental Close-up 3 Frog Population Declines 95 --
General Characteristics and Classification of Reptiles 98 --
Seeing Reptiles in Brazil 100 --
Environmental Close-up 4 Endemism and High Species Diversity: Why Brazil? 117 --
General Characteristics and Classification of Birds 123 --
Features of Tropical Birds 124 --
Seeing Birds in Brazil 125 --
Environmental Close-up 5 Frugivory: Animals That Eat Fruit and the Trees That Want Them To 196 --
Chapter 10 Mammals 201 --
General Characteristics and Classification of Mammals 202 --
Features of Tropical Mammals 203 --
Seeing Mammals in Brazil 204 --
Environmental Close-up 6 Of Kingfishers and Competition: Big Bills and Little Bills and How They Got that Way 237 --
Chapter 11 Freshwater Fish of the Amazon 239 --
Catfish and Characins 240 --
Habitats and Niches 242 --
