Record details

• ISBN: 1566565308
• ISBN: 9781566565301
• Physical Description: x, 475 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
• Publisher: Northampton, Mass. : Interlink Books, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-249) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1 Ecotourism: Travel for the Environmentally Concerned 1 -- What Ecotourism Is and Why It's Important 1 -- How Ecotourism Helps; Ecotravel Ethics 2 -- Conservation and Ecotourism in Ecuador 4 -- Chapter 2 Ecuador: Geography and Habitats 6 -- Geography and Climate 6 -- Vegetation Patterns 8 -- Major Habitats and Common Plant Species 12 -- Chapter 3 Parks and Reserves: Brief Descriptions 28 -- Moist Coastal Lowlands 30 -- Arid Coastal Lowlands 31 -- Western Slope of Andes 32 -- Highlands 32 -- Eastern Slope of Andes 34 -- Oriente (Amazon Lowlands) 34 -- Galapagos Islands 35 -- Chapter 4 How to Use This Book: Ecology and Natural History 37 -- What is Natural History? 37 -- What is Ecology and What Are Ecological Interactions? 37 -- Chapter 5 Amphibians 46 -- General Characteristics and Classification of Amphibians 46 -- Seeing Amphibians in Ecuador 48 -- Family Profiles 49 -- Environmental Close-up 1 Frog Population Declines: Amphibian Armageddon or Alarmist Absurdity? 60 -- Chapter 6 Reptiles 64 -- General Characteristics and Classification of Reptiles 64 -- Seeing Reptiles in Ecuador 66 -- Family Profiles 67 -- Environmental Close-up 2 Endemism and High Species Diversity: Why Ecuador? 86 -- Chapter 7 Birds 89 -- General Characteristics and Classification of Birds 90 -- Features of Tropical Birds 91 -- Seeing Birds in Ecuador 92 -- Family Profiles 93 -- Environmental Close-up 3 Frugivory: Animals That Eat Fruit and the Trees That Want Them To 168 -- Chapter 8 Mammals 173 -- General Characteristics and Classification of Mammals 174 -- Features of Tropical Mammals 174 -- Seeing Mammals in Ecuador 176 -- Family Profiles 177 -- Chapter 9 Insects and Other Arthropods 211 -- General Characteristics and Classification of Arthropods 212 -- Features of Tropical Arthropods 213 -- Seeing Arthropods in Ecuador 214 -- Order and Family Profiles 214 -- Chapter 10 Galapagos Wildlife 228 -- Group Profiles 229 -- Environmental Close-up 4 Darwin and the Theory of Evolution 246.

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Subject:

Animals > Ecuador.
Animals > Galapagos Islands.
Natural history > Ecuador.
Natural history > Galapagos Islands.

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