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Tropical Ecology: Costa Rica
Reading List
Printed References (bolded items available at SPC library; some references with annotations)
Allen, P.H. 1977. The rain forests of Golfo Dulce. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, USA.
Originally printed in 1956, this book includes useful descriptions of several Costa Rican ecosystems as well as many of the plants species located there. Dichotomous keys are provided for identification of many tree species.Beletsky, Les. 1998. Costa Rica: the ecotraveller's wildlife guide. Academic Press, San Diego, California USA.
Blaustein, A.R., D.B. Wake, and W.P. Sousa. 1994. Amphibian declines: judging stability, persistence, an d susceptibility of populations to local and global extinctions. Conservation Biology 8: 60-71.
Bush, Mark B. 1997. Ecology of a changing planet. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey USA.
Collard III, Sneed B. 1997. Monteverde: science and scientists in a Costa Rican cloud forest. Franklin Watts, Danbury, Connecticut USA.
Emmons, L.H. 1997. Neotropical rainforest mammals: a field guide, 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press, Chicago USA.
Forsyth, A., and K. Miyata. 1984. Tropical nature: life and death in the rain forests of Central and South America. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
Janzen, D.H. 1983. Costa Rican natural history. University of Chicago Press, Chicago USA.
An excellent book containing descriptions of various aspects of the natural history of Costa Rica written by experts in each topic area.Kricher, J.C. 1997. A neotropical companion: an introduction to the animals, plants, and ecosystems of the New World tropics. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
McDade, L.A., Bawa, K.S., Hespenheide, H.A., and G.S. Hartshorn (Eds.). 1994. La Selva: ecology and natural history of a neotropical rain forest. University of Chicago Press, Chicago USA.
Skutch, A.F. 1992. A naturalist in Costa Rica. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Written for a biologically literate lay audience, but full of interesting information about this naturalists experiences in Costa Rica. Although Skutch is a bird expert, this book includes tidbits of the life history of an array of non-bird species as well.Stiles, J.G. and A.F. Skutch. 1989. A field guide
to the birds of Costa Rica. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Internet Links
Tropical Ecosystems
http://192.211.16.13/individuals/nadkarnn/monteverde/mvhome.html
http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/leco.html
Tropical Organisms
Bryophytes: http://www.si.edu/organiza/centers/stri/nsaweb.html
Herps: http://costaricaherps.emconsulting.com/default.htm
Birds: http://photo.net/cr/moon/birds.html
Costa Rica
General Country Information from ABC
General Country Information from PBS
Summary of PBS General Country Information
News
Miscellaneous
Spanish for Travelers: http://www.fodors.com/traveltips/language/index.cfm
http://www.neosoft.com/~worldc/
http://www.tuanis.com/costarica/parks/parks.html
http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/graphindex.html
New links or ideas for the reading list? Please send an email to vaughanj@spcollege.edu with the link or bibliographic source. Thanks in advance for any new ideas!