Product details
- Publisher : Clarendon Press; 1st Edition (January 1, 1975)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 282 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0198541279
- ISBN-13 : 978-0198541271
- Item Weight : 1.81 pounds
$39.00
Hardcover – January 1, 1975
by T.C. Whitmore (Author), C. P. Burnham (Author)
Physical description: xiii,282p : ill, maps ; 26cm. Notes: Previous owner inscription. Maps on lining papers. Bibliography: p.241-258. Includes index. With a chapter on soils by C.P. Burnham. Subject: Jungle ecology – East (Far East) Rain forests – Forests and forestry – Jungle ecology – Rain forest ecology – Rain forest – Asia, Southeastern. Jungle ecology – East Asia. Tropics. East & South-east Asia – Tropical rain forest ecosystems – Far East. forest ecosystems. Forests: ecology: tropics: Far East. Rain – tropical. Other names: Burnham, Christopher Paul. Genre: Illustrated, text.
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