Sarapiquí chronicle : a naturalist in Costa Rica / Allen M. Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Allen M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Costa Rica--Sarapiquí.

Natural history.

Butterflies--Costa Rica--Sarapiquí.

Butterflies.

Costa Rica--Sarapiquí.

Physical Description:

xvii, 350 pages: illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Edition:

Revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2017.

Summary:

The Abundant Insect life of the rainforests of northeastern Costa Rica is the subject of this engaging book, first published over twenty-five years ago and now including two new chapters on the rise of ecotourism in the region. Book jacket.

Contents:

Leeward into the land of clouds

Windward across a mountain ridge and into Sarapiquí

Natural history studies of morpho butterflies

Observing butterfly roosts on a steep mountainside

Encounters with cicadas and other forest insects

Along the edges of the rainforest : pharmacological butterflies and orchid bees

Personal reflections

New beginnings.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Young, Allen M., author. Sarapiquí chronicle.

ISBN:

9780826357816

0826357814

OCLC:

956583663