Peru - The Ecotravellers' Wildlife Guide - Les Beletsky

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Résumé :
From the world-famous Machu Picchu Incan ruins high in the Andes Mountains, to Lake Titicaca in southern Peru, to the Iquitos area of Amazonian northeastern Peru, ecotravellers want to experience tropical forests and other stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife : toucans and parrots, monkeys and anteaters, frogs and toads, crocodiles and snakes. In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Peru's magnificent animal and plant life. The authors, professional biologists, selected for color illustrations more than 500 of Peru's most common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals - the species you are

most likely to see. In one easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated book, you will have as constant companion on your journey :
- Identifying and location information on the most frequently seen animals;
- Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the animals;
- Information on Peru's habitats and on the most common plants you will encounter;
- Brief descriptions of Peru's most frequently visited parks and reserves.

Biographie:
DAVID L. PEARSON is a Research Professor in the Department of Biology at Arizona State University. His research is concentrated on ecological interactions among communities of species, especially tiger beetles. He has studied habitats from desert grasslands and coral atolls to tropical rainforests and has written more than 75 scientific articles. Having conducted ecological research in Peru and Ecuador intermittently during the past 30 years, he has become involved with environmental education and ecotourism in the region and is co-author of The New Key to Ecuador and the Galapagos, a tourists guide to hotels, restaurants, and places of natural interest, and of Ecuador and Its Galapagos Islands: The Ecotravellers'Wildlife Guide.

LES BELETSKY is a professional wildlife biologist and university zoology teacher. Prior to taking up writing wildlife guides, he conducted many years of field research into the ecology and behavior of birds, along the way publishing many scientific reports and writing two books.

Sommaire:

• Ecotourism: Travel for the Environmentally Concerned
• Peru: Geography and Habitats
• Parks and Reserves: Brief Descriptions
• How to Use This Book: Ecology and Natural History
• Amphibians
• Reptiles
• Birds
• Mammals
• Insects and Other Arthropods