Sarapiquí Chronicle : A Naturalist in Costa Rica. Revised and Expanded Edition. / Allen M. Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Allen M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Butterflies--Costa Rica--Sarapiquí.

Butterflies.

Natural history--Costa Rica--Sarapiquí.

Natural history.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 pages)

Edition:

Revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque, New Mexico : University of New Mexico Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Young... brings the trained eye of an entomologist and an unabashed admiration for the beauty of nature to this engaging and informative account of his experiences during twenty-one years of fieldwork in Costa Rica's rainforests."- Publishers Weekly "A splendid read. For newcomers to the moist tropics, and for any but the most sated old-timers, it can be commended for an entertaining account of a locality where life is lived to the full-by all species, including the human observer."-Norman Myers, New Scientist 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.

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.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826357823

0826357822

OCLC:

956584208