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Readers will learn how scientists use camera-trap technology to study woolly monkeys in the Manu Biosphere Reserve. These camera traps helped scientists discover information about the woolly monkeys' diet, behavior, and habitat. Known as the rainforest's gardeners, their activities and behaviors are essential to the survival of the trees and animals in the rainforest. Scientists must learn more to save this keystone species and protect the rainforests....
84) Rain forests
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"Simple text and supportive images introduce beginning readers to the physical characteristics and geographic locations of Rain Forests"--Provided by publisher.
85) Rain forests
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Holiday House reader volume Level 2
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An introduction to what a rain forest is and the kinds of plants and creatures that live in them.
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Rainforests have long been recognized as hotspots of biodiversity-but they are crucial for our planet in other surprising ways. Not only do these fascinating ecosystems thrive in rainy regions, they create rain themselves, and this moisture is spread around the globe. Rainforests across the world have a powerful and concrete impact, reaching as far as America's Great Plains and central Europe. In Rainforest: Dispatches from Earth's Most Vital Frontlines,...
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"The rain forest is a lush habitat that many unique plants and animals call home. Millions of people also live in the rain forest. In Australia and across the continents of Africa and South America, people have adapted over time and created their own strategies for survival. This book helps readers to understand the landscape of rain forests and the daily lives of those who live in this amazing environment. Through vivid photographs, fun sidebars,...
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Presents a look at what takes place within a twenty-four hour period in a tropical rain forest, describing its physical features and the plants and animals that live there. "Take a look at what takes place within a 24-hour period in a tropical rain forest. Learn firsthand about the features, plant life, and animals of the habitat"--Provided by publisher.
89) Rain forests
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Describes the world's rainforests, their canopies and forest floors, their climate, and the variety of plants and animals which they support. Includes related projects and activities.
91) Little brown nut
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"Little Brown Nut starts with a large fruit falling from the tallest tree in the Amazon rainforest. Inside is a little brown Brazil nut, surrounded by 20 others. It sits and waits for an agouti, a rodent with teeth so strong that it can free the nut from its hard casing. The story of the Brazil nut tree and the agouti is told clearly and carefully, with facts about germination, photosynthesis, seed dispersal. The narrative progresses in a way that...
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"Ćndido Rondon is by any measure the greatest tropical explorer in history. Between 1890 and 1930, he navigated scores of previously unmapped rivers, traversed untrodden mountain ranges, and hacked his way through jungles so inhospitable that even native peoples had avoided them--and led Theodore Roosevelt and his son, Kermit, on their celebrated "River of Doubt" journey in 1913-14. Upon leaving the Brazilian Army in 1930 with the rank of a two-star...
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"Squirrel monkeys, glass frogs, basilisk lizards, and capybaras have something in common: they all live in the Amazon rainforest! Meet these and other incredible animals in this new reader that is perfect for fluent readers, featuring 100 wild and wonderful facts"--
100) Rain forest
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Discusses where tropical rain forests are found and what kind of life they support.
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