This book explores a special kind of tropical forest that grows at high altitudes a tropical cloud forest. It presents the cloud forest through the eyes of scientists working in the bestknown tropical cloud forest, the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve in Costa Rica, and it shares many of the secrets that these scientists have uncovered through their research. The author highlights the delicate biology of the tropical cloud forests and the continuing efforts to preserve it.
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