The mystique of the rainforest has captured the imaginations of
generations of young people, explorers, authors, and biologists. It
is a delicate ecosystem whose myriad sounds and smells, whose
vibrancy of life, is balanced by constant cycles of death and
decay. It is a place of fierce competition where unusual
partnerships are forged and creative survival strategies are the
norm. In this book, you will meet the scientific pioneers who first
attempted to quantify and understand the vast diversity of these
tropical forests, as well as their successors, who utilize modern
tools and technologies to dissect the chemical nature of rainforest
interactions.
This book provides a general background on biodiversity and the
study of chemical ecology before moving into specific chemical
examples of insect defenses and microbial communication. It
finishes with first-hand accounts of the trials and tribulations of
a canopy biology pioneer and a rainforest research novice, while
assessing the state of modern tropical research, its importance to
humanity, and the ecological, political, and ethical issues that
need to be tackled in order to move the field forward.
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