rain forest ecology

Contains activities and experiments that teach about the vegetation and animals of rain forests.

Provides answers to some of the most basic questions about the world's disappearing rain forests. Examines the reasons for the forests' destruction, how it affects the indigenous animal and plant life, as well as the entire planet.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text describes the people, wildlife, and plants found in the Earth's rain forests.

Discusses the environmental conditions of rain forests, the plants and animals that live in these forests, and the dangers of deforestation.

Introduces the various animals found in the rain forest that make up the common food chain.

Introduces the plants and animals that inhabit tropical rain forests.

Describes the tropical rain forests of South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, the variety of animals living there, and the threat the gradual destruction of their environment poses to them.

Examines plants that grow in the world's rain forests, their diversity, medicinal properties, and current efforts to save them from extinction.

Examines the effects of technology and urban growth on the animals, plants, and people who live at the mouth of the Amazon River.

Explores the nature of tropical life and the effect of agricultural, economic, and environmental policies on the tropical forest ecosystem.