Nature of the Rainforest: Costa Rica and Beyond (Zona Tropical Publications)

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A Zona Tropical Publication”The words ‘tropical rainforest’ may conjure up vistas populated by jaguars, brilliant macaws, and flowers amid the grandeur of towering buttressed trees. But the eager, expectant visitor isn’t regaled with the sight of charismatic vertebrates, gaudy birds, and luminous orchids. In the rainforest, close encounters with life that moves are regularly rare but brilliant episodes; one is bedazzled for an instant and then left alone in the quiet greenery. Under such conditions, one will have to see the episode as a part of a process; tracing the connections between organisms is the essence of rainforest appreciation.”―Nature of the RainforestNature of the Rainforest is a breathtaking tour of an environment that may be the pinnacle of biodiversity and evolutionary sophistication by an award-winning writer and two photographers who love the rainforest, bear in mind its intricacies, and have spent considerable time there documenting its wildlife and complexity. Adrian Forsyth draws on four decades of personal encounters with the animals of the rainforest―including poison-dart frogs, three-toed sloths, bushmasters, and umbrellabirds―as a kick off point to communicate key ecological topics such as biodiversity, coevolution, rarity, chemical defense, nutrient cycling, and camouflage. The luminous photographs capture stunning and rare creatures in action, including the now- extinct golden toad mating, a jaguar on the prowl, and the hermit hummingbird feeding. The behaviors and characteristics of the rainforest inhabitants featured here not only illustrate the text but also advance the scientific narrative and exemplify the critical importance of conservation. Thematic chapters are interspersed with four chapters devoted to specific habitats and regions of Costa Rica and Peru, areas with one of the crucial most diverse arrays of plant and animal species on the planet. The result is an exuberant celebration of the rainforest in text and images.

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