Costa Rica's Rainforests
The Natural History of the Plants and Animals of La Selva
$105.26
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
17 November 2026
Summary
The most comprehensive and richly illustrated guide to Costa Rica’s rainforests and their plants, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and fishes
The lowland rainforest of Costa Rica is one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet. This lavishly illustrated book provides a fascinating, up-to-date, and accessible introduction to the natural history of this forest and its flowering plants, ferns, fungi, birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, fishes, and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691251998 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691251991 |
| Author: | Scott Wesley Shumway, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Ronald M. Coleman, Christian A. Perez-Martinez |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 17 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 191mm x 241mm |
Critics Review
“A first class field guide… . The superb photographs do aid in identification but it is the cornucopia of information that sets this book apart.”—David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds
Scott Wesley Shumway
Scott Wesley Shumway is an authority on Costa Rica’s rainforests and has visited the country more than thirty times over three decades to study and teach tropical ecology. He is professor emeritus of biology at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and the author of A Naturalist’s Guide to the Atlantic Seashore.
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