Costa rica is one of the world's true biodiversity hotspots. This superbly illustrated book investigates the country's habitats, including rainforest, cloudfore

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At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts one of the widest varieties of plants in the wold, with habitats ranging from tidal mangrove swam

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"First published 2002 as The natural history of Costa Rican mammals by Zona Tropical"--T.p. verso.