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The Tapir's Morning Bath: Solving the Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest
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The Tapir's Morning Bath: Solving the Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest Paperback - 2002

by Royte, Elizabeth

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An engaging portrait of a community of biologists, The Tapir's Morning Bath is a behind-the-scenes account of life at a tropical research station that "conveys the uncertainties, frustrations, and joys of [scientific] field work" (Science). On Panama's Barro Colorado Island, Elizabeth Royte works alongside the scientists -- counting seeds, sorting insects, collecting monkey dung, radiotracking fruit bats -- as they struggle to parse the intricate workings of the tropical rain forest. While showing the human side of the scientists at work, Royte explores the tensions between the slow pace of basic research and the reality of a world that may not have time to wait for answers.

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  • Title The Tapir's Morning Bath: Solving the Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest
  • Author Royte, Elizabeth
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Mariner
  • Date 2002-11-04
  • Features Bibliography, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # FORT783256
  • ISBN 9780618257584 / 0618257586
  • Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.29 x 5.69 x 0.83 in (21.06 x 14.45 x 2.11 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Rain forest ecology - Panama - Barro, Rain forests - Research - Panama - Barro
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001024989
  • Dewey Decimal Code 577.340

Summary

An engaging portrait of a community of biologists, The Tapir's Morning Bath is a behind-the-scenes account of life at a tropical research station that "conveys the uncertainties, frustrations, and joys of [scientific] field work" (Science). On Panama's Barro Colorado Island, Elizabeth Royte works alongside the scientists -- counting seeds, sorting insects, collecting monkey dung, radiotracking fruit bats -- as they struggle to parse the intricate workings of the tropical rain forest. While showing the human side of the scientists at work, Royte explores the tensions between the slow pace of basic research and the reality of a world that may not have time to wait for answers.

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GATUN LAKE, the enormous midsection of the Panama Canal, sprawls for thirty-seven kilometers around peninsulas of land, between fragments of drowned mountains, and over the Continental Divide.

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  • New York Times, 11/03/2002, Page 28

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