Royte, Elizabeth.
The tapir's morning bath : mysteries of the tropical rain forest and the scientists who are trying to solve them / Elizabeth Royte. - 328 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-326).
Machine generated contents note: 1. The Lab in the Jungle I -- 2. Pieces of the Frame 20 -- 3. Cocktails with Bert 40 -- 4. The Covert Troop 60 -- 5. The Ingenious Habit 78 -- 6. Rat Patrol 98 -- 7. Higher Primates 105 -- 8. The Rainy Season 137 -- 9. BugJocks 159 -- 10. Random Error I74 -- 11 Hubi, Toolmaker 191 -- 12. The Disappearing Naturalist 208 -- 13. The Division of Cells 226 -- 14. Wonderland 236 -- I5. Saving the Whales 259 -- 16. Tropical Derelict 271 -- 17. A Maverick Reconsiders 290 -- 18. The Great Unknown 308 -- Epilogue 322 -- Bibliography 324 -- Acknowledgments 327.
0395979978 9780395979976
2001024989
Rain forest ecology--Panama--Barro Colorado Island.
Rain forests--Research--Panama--Barro Colorado Island.
QH108.P3 / R69 2001
577.340972875
The tapir's morning bath : mysteries of the tropical rain forest and the scientists who are trying to solve them / Elizabeth Royte. - 328 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-326).
Machine generated contents note: 1. The Lab in the Jungle I -- 2. Pieces of the Frame 20 -- 3. Cocktails with Bert 40 -- 4. The Covert Troop 60 -- 5. The Ingenious Habit 78 -- 6. Rat Patrol 98 -- 7. Higher Primates 105 -- 8. The Rainy Season 137 -- 9. BugJocks 159 -- 10. Random Error I74 -- 11 Hubi, Toolmaker 191 -- 12. The Disappearing Naturalist 208 -- 13. The Division of Cells 226 -- 14. Wonderland 236 -- I5. Saving the Whales 259 -- 16. Tropical Derelict 271 -- 17. A Maverick Reconsiders 290 -- 18. The Great Unknown 308 -- Epilogue 322 -- Bibliography 324 -- Acknowledgments 327.
0395979978 9780395979976
2001024989
Rain forest ecology--Panama--Barro Colorado Island.
Rain forests--Research--Panama--Barro Colorado Island.
QH108.P3 / R69 2001
577.340972875