Tropical gardens can contain a rich diversity of flora due to their climate, and produce some astonishing forms. This compendium presents a selection of these gardens from Hawaii, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and and Indonesia, including Bali. Traditional and modern types are considered, and the origins and individual features are discussed in ...
The latest addition to America's number one field guide series is a unique survey of the creatures that make the warm waters they inhabit the favorite destination of millions of scuba divers, snorkelers, and tourists. This is the only complete guide to the nearly 1,200 species of fish that live and breed in these areas, giving copious information ...
Made Wijaya, landscape designer to such high-profile gardens as those of rock icon David Bowie and the United States Ambassador in Jakarta, shares his brilliant garden designs and offers advice for both novice gardeners and professionals on creating similar results in their own backyards. Exploring Wijaya's many gardens, including water gardens, ...
Loaded with aerial plants and the millions of creatures dependent upon them, tropical tree crowns are the last and greatest ecological frontier. Hundreds of species - earthworms, frogs, lichens, flowers - never descend to earth during their lifetimes. Eight out of ten remain unnamed and unclassified by science. Donning rock-climbing gear to join ...
In 1984, Thurston Clarke set out to see the equator first hand. His expedition spanned three continents, countless interviews, and some of the hardest traveling imaginable. Three years later, he had completed one of the last great adventures on earth.
Daniel Headrick, author of the highly acclaimed Tools of Empire , here examines why the massive transfer of Western technology to European colonies did not spark an industrial revolution in those countries. Rather than spurring economic progress, he argues, the transfer of stock technology between 1850 and 1940 caused the traditional self ...
Theodore Fleming's fieldwork on bats has taken him to tropical forests all over the world. This is a personal account of his many adventures, the animals and plants he has encountered, his relationships and the development of tropical biology.
Illustrated with 200 color photos, this book offers practical guidance to gardening with the increasingly popular subtropical and tropical plants. The authors describe and provide cultivation information for a wide selection of plants, including palms, orchids, cacti, and bromeliads.
A vibrant, witty, and captivating account of a lifetime's worth of travel in the tropics, from one of the most celebrated travel writers working today. Tales from the Torrid Zone is a diverting, loose-limbed tour of the Earth's hot zones ("The2New York Times").
1930. With woodcuts by Lynd Ward. Hot Countries is more than a travel book. It is also an intriguing historical document, a record of the places portrayed and an impression of the attitudes of the time. Readers will find it an informative and pleasantly substantial narrative. Contents: At Sea; Tahiti; La Martinique; Gone Native; Siam; Ceylon; The ...
Adventure travel, whether in the rain forests of Brazil or the jungles of Belize, can be filled with risk and even life-or-death situations. A seasoned veteran of over 75 expeditions now offers a complete guidebook on how to survive in the jungle and walk out alive.
In the late 1800s, American entrepreneurs became participants in the 400-year history of European economic and ecological hegemony in the tropics. Beginning as buyers in the tropical ports of the Atlantic and Pacific, they evolved into land speculators, controlling and managing the areas where tropical crops were grown for carefully fostered ...
An exploration of the many different and unusual frogs that call the rain forest home. Topics covered include life cycle, diet, appearance, and self-defense. Illustrated with color paintings.
Monkeys. Brilliantly-colored birds. Deadly poison frogs. Ant-infested plants. Wonderful butterflies and strange beetles. These are all characters in the eleven intriguing ecological mysteries described in this book. Each mystery begins when a scientist notices something unusual in tropical nature and asks a question. Why would several monkeys ...
Fully revised and expanded, "Goat Medicine, Second Edition" includes discussions on new diseases ranging from bovine spongiform encephalopathy to floppy kid disease as well as major updates on important diseases such as scrapie, mycoplasmosis, paratuberculosis, and urolithiasis. Information has also been added on management of transgenic goats and ...
Although written specifically for the tropical climate of Malaysia, this enormous encyclopedia is also useful for the less steamy conditions of Hawaii, south Florida, and southern California.
An introduction to the world's tropical rain forests which reveals how these habitats that are increasingly threatened provide a home for at least half of the world's animal species, contain plants that cure diseases, and are home to cultures that have existed for more than 40,000 years. With full colour illustrations.
In over 400 spectacular, full-colour photographs, Piotr Naskrecki brings us eye to eye with the smaller majority - the 99 percent of animal life that is smaller than a human finger. "The Smaller Majority" takes us on an unforgettable visual journey into the often overlooked world cloaked by a leaf, camouflaged on the surface of a rock, or even ...
With drawings of 500 plant species, this guide to plants for warmer climates describes cultivated ferns, cone-bearing plants and flowering ornamental plants suitable for US Department of Agriculture zones 8, 9 and 10. A glossary of common terms and scientific names is included.
The popularity of geographic information system (GIS) software as a tool in the social and physical sciences is growing rapidly. These three modular investigation guides let even novice users tap the power of ArcView[registered] GIS to explore, manipulate, and analyze large data sets. Carefully designed and class tested, the guides emphasize the ...
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The Reef Aquarium Volume Three: Science, Art, and Technology
