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BL
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1022182
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b776552
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| Main Entry
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Beehler, Bruce McP.
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| Title & Author
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Lost worlds : : adventures in the tropical rainforest /\ Bruce M. Beehler ; illustrations by John Anderton.
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| Publication Statement
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New Haven [Conn.] :: Yale Univ. Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0300149522
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: 1282088807
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: 9780300149524
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: 9781282088801
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0300122284
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1282351958
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9780300122282
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9781282351950
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254) and index.
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| Contents
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In the rainforest -- In the zone and on the plantation -- On the trail of Ripley and Ali -- Wallace's promised land -- Biodiversity and intrigue across the Inner Line -- Forest gardens -- Local people really do count -- Pitiful scraps of forest -- Lemurs, vangas, chameleons, and poverty -- The lost world -- Epilogue.
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| Abstract
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in -0.2in 0pt 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Perhaps it is not possible to experience all the mysterious sounds, the unfamiliar smells, and the spectacular sights of a tropical rainforest without ever visiting one. But this exhi.
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Beehler, Bruce McP.-- Travel.
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Beehler, Bruce McP.
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Birds-- Tropics.
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Naturalists-- United States, Biography.
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Ornithologists-- United States, Biography.
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Birds.
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Health Biological Sciences.
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Naturalists.
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NATURE-- Essays.
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NATURE-- Reference.
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Ornithologists.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Zoology-- General.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Ecotourism.
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Travel.
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Vertebrates.
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Zoology.
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Tropics.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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508.315/20913
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| LC Classification
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QL695.5.B44 2008eb
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| Added Entry
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Anderton, John.
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