The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest

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Destruction of tropical rain forests has increased exponentially in recent years, as have efforts to conserve them. However, information essential to these conservation programs—an understanding of the population dynamics of the community at risk—is often unavailable to the scientists and resource managers who need it most.

This volume helps fill the gap by presenting a comprehensive description and analysis of the animal community of the tropical rain forest at El Verde, Puerto Rico. Building on more than a decade of field research, the contributors weave the complex strands of information about the energy flow within the forest—who eats whom—into a powerful tool for understanding community dynamics known as a food web. This systematic approach to organizing the natural histories of the many species at El Verde also reveals basic patterns and processes common to all rain forests, making this book a valuable contribution for anyone concerned with studying and protecting these fragile ecosystems.

The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest. (book reviews): An article from: Wilson Bulletin

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The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest. (book reviews): An article from: Wilson Bulletin
John C. Kricher
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Title: The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest. (book reviews)
Author: John C. Kricher
Publication: Wilson Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1998
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: v110 Issue: n3 Page: p443(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest
Douglas P. (EDT)/ Waide, Robert B. (EDT) Reagan
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPN07G

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The only comprehensive, international resource of its kind, published annually and recommended by leading food and wine publications and organizations. Contains detailed descriptions of more than 1,000 schools, colleges, culinary apprenticeships, cooking vacations, wine programs, and food and wine organizations worldwide. Programs for both career and home cooks.

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good reference.......2003-05-17

This is a good reference, similar to those publications that describe colleges and universities or graduate programs. It gives you the basics of cooking schools (recreational and professional) in each state... cost of tuition, length program, number of students etc. It is a good guide for anyone who wants to know what kind of programs are out there.

wow.... :(.......2003-02-06

This Book did not convey what cooking school reallyis like. i dont recommend it.

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Air is All Around You.......2002-04-21

This is a good book to use during any study on air. It provides some easy hands-on experiments with good visual pictures to illustrate the properties of air. Good choice for any science class with Kindergarten or First Grade students.

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Watership Down has been a staple of high-school English classes for years. Despite the fact that it's often a hard sell at first (what teenager wouldn't cringe at the thought of 400-plus pages of talking rabbits?), Richard Adams's bunny-centric epic rarely fails to win the love and respect of anyone who reads it, regardless of age. Like most great novels, Watership Down is a rich story that can be read (and reread) on many different levels. The book is often praised as an allegory, with its analogs between human and rabbit culture (a fact sometimes used to goad skeptical teens, who resent the challenge that they won't "get" it, into reading it), but it's equally praiseworthy as just a corking good adventure.

The story follows a warren of Berkshire rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home by a land developer. As they search for a safe haven, skirting danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band and its compelling culture and mythos. Adams has crafted a touching, involving world in the dirt and scrub of the English countryside, complete with its own folk history and language (the book comes with a "lapine" glossary, a guide to rabbitese). As much about freedom, ethics, and human nature as it is about a bunch of bunnies looking for a warm hidey-hole and some mates, Watership Down will continue to make the transition from classroom desk to bedside table for many generations to come. --Paul Hughes

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A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.

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One Intrepid Group of Bunnies.......2007-10-06

"Watership Down" by Richard Adams is that greatest of rarities, an adult fairy tale that works. It is about a group of young rabbits searching for a new home.

Hazel is convinced his brother Fivers visions of doom are true. Fiver was the smallest of heir litter but he is blessed with god sense and clairvoyance. They convince Bigwig, a member of their warrens Owsla (security patrol), of their concerns. They are brought to the chief rabbit who calmly dismisses their concerns and privately chews Bigwig out.

Hazel is not to be dismissed lightly. He is utterly convinced of Fivers prediction. Being intrepid and resourceful he has faith in his judgment. He recruits others (including Bigwig) to their cause and arranges an escape. Fiver has a vision of where they should go. It is for this haven, they leave all that they know.

This is a rabbit's world with rabbits view. Frith is their god. El-ahairah is the hero of their mythology. He is the Prince of a Thousand Enemies. The tales of his adventures give demonstrate to other rabbits the skills necessary for their survival. Dogs are idiots and cats are sadistic. Man is shown as being indifferent, sometimes cruel and always impersonal to the affairs of rabbitkind.

This is a classic journey story. Of course they encounter dangers and setbacks. As they use their courage, resourcefulness and luck, they grow in ways they never imagined. Even as they reach their destination and establish their new warren, they still must defend their home. Of all their enemies the greatest threat is from General Woundwort, a psychotic rabbit that runs his police-state warren with efficiency and a ruthlessness that would make Joe Stalin cringe.

Like El-ahairah, Hazel "must be cunning and full of tricks" or his people will be destroyed.

Of course they're not destroyed but the story is in the details not the ending. And it is a truly wonderful story.

Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

General opinion here is that the only good rabbit is one on the other end of a shotgun, or in a pot. These ones I would let live, no problem. A quest story, with a little bit of environmentalism thrown in, a prophet, and a look at the politics of control, via your burrow fascism. This, of course, is all wrapped around a story that is designed to be accessible to children, to begin with.

A truly fantastic read.......2007-08-11

Watership Down, by Richard Adams, is a great tale of survival and leadership that anyone can enjoy.
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In a world of a thousand enemies, I'd live underground too........2007-08-04

This is a story about totally ordinary rabbits. For all we know, all rabbits may act like these when confronted with difficult situations, only we have not noticed. Maybe they travel in slightly bigger groups and are slightly more fearless than we're used to seeing, but there's nothing that differentiates these rabbits from those that live in your backyard. This story takes place in a totally ordinary setting in the author's part of rural England. The imaginative part of this novel is how the various rabbit characters interact during their exodus from their native warren until they find a new home.

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How incredible!.......2007-07-30

This is one of the best books I've ever read. I admit I was reluctant to begin at first, and the book was boring, but after 100 or so pages I was completely hooked. The suspense is amazing and it's just a wodnerful adventure, if you can keep from getting distracted. The imagery is splendid and the mix of tragedy, action, and those awesome El-ahrairah stories just made it thoroughly enjoyable for me. There's a reason this book is a legend for nothin, people.

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