{"product_id":"9780813807584","title":"Guide to Tendrillate Climbers of Costa Rican Mountains","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGuide to Tendrillate Climbers of Costa Rican Mountains\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlexander Krings | Richard R. Braham\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Life Sciences \/ Horticulture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eClimbers, such as lianas and vines, are important constituents of tropical forests and perhaps the single most important physiognomic characteristic differentiating tropical from temperate forests, occurring on nearly 50% of forest trees in Central and South America. Despite their widespread nutritional and medicinal use, lianas remain poorly understood ecologically.  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTendrillate Climbers\u003c\/i\u003e offers comprehensive coverage of all of the tendrillate lianas of Costa Rica and most of the tendrillate lianas of Central America. This unique reference provides\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExcellent keys to families and separate keys to genera and species\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eState-of-the-art nomenclature and lists of synonymy when other scientific names have been published or used informally\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach species illustrated by the author’s hand-drawn line art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn invaluable addition to our understanding of tropical forests, the book offers new information as well as information brought together from dispersed publications and unpublished lists and reports. In these times of habitat fragmentation and species loss, this data is a significant contribution to the biological research that is thriving in Central America, especially Costa Rica.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTendrillate Climbers\u003c\/i\u003e fills a major gap in the botanical literature. Its high level of scholarship and comprehensive coverage will astonish the tropical botanists, forestry scientists, ecologists, biologists, and horticulturalists who will want it as a reference for their continued work on this neglected group of plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAlexander Krings, MS,\u003c\/b\u003e is Curator of the North Carolina State University Herbarium. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard R. Braham, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Forestry, North Carolina State University, and an ecological consultant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 November 2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780813807584\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.16\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315723497612,"sku":"9780813807584","price":188.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780813807584.jpg?v=1780142848","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780813807584","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}