Nature Through Tropical Windows / Alexander F. Skutch ; illustrations by Dana Gardner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skutch, Alexander F. (Alexander Frank), 1904-2004, author.

Contributor:

Gardner, Dana, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Tropics.

Natural history.

Birds--Tropics.

Birds.

Botany--Tropics.

Botany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1983]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. What Windows Reveal

2. The House-Wrens' First Year

3. The House-Wrens' Second Year

4. Miniatures and Giants

5. Blue-and-White Swallows

6. A Favorite Food of Birds

7. Bananaquits

8. The Gentler Side of Nature

9. Little Hermit Hummingbirds

10. Trees

11. White-crested Coquettes

12. Oil Palms and Their Guests

13. Boat-billed Flycatchers

14. Fascinating Weeds

15. Black-striped Sparrows

16. Selfishness, Altruism and Cooperation

17. The Naturalist's Progress

18. Windows of the Mind

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520309302

0520309308

OCLC:

1198929483