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Life in the rainforest / John and Sue Erbacher.

Life in the rainforest / John and Sue Erbacher.
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ISBN 0521432383
Name Erbacher, John, 1941-
Title Life in the rainforest / John and Sue Erbacher.
Published Cambridge ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Description 63 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 22 cm.
Notes Includes index.
Contents What is a tropical rainforest? -- Types of rainforest -- Canopies -- Death of a tree -- Invaders of the gap - succession -- Buttresses -- Cauliflory -- Leaves -- Photosynthesis -- Food chains -- Fungi -- Lichens -- Lianes -- Stranglers -- Epiphytes -- Parasites -- Life at different levels -- Insects and snails -- Ant plants -- Frogs, fish and crustaceans -- Reptiles -- Birds -- Mammals -- Aborigines of the rainforest -- Introduced species -- Importance of rainforest -- Destruction of rainforest.
Summary Describes the delicately balanced life found in the Australian tropical rainforests and focuses on such issues as rainforest destruction, introduced species, and land use by indigenous people.
Subjects Rain forest ecology -- Australia -- Juvenile literature
Rain forests -- Australia -- Juvenile literature
Rain forest ecology -- Australia
Rain forests -- Australia
Ecology
Other Names Erbacher, Sue, 1949-
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