内容简介
Thehumidtropicscontainsomeoftheworld'srichest,mostdiverse,mostimportantandmostthreatenedenvironments.Thisbookdrawsonrecentworkbygeographers,biologists,ecologists,geologistsandclimatologiststopresentacompleteandintegratedappraisalofthenaturalenvironmentofallthehumidtropicalregionsoftheworld.Themostcompletetextbookonthiskeysubject.Fullyillustratedthroughoutwithphotographsanddiagrams.Informativecasestudiesandexamples.Considersthephysicalenvironmentasawholeandstressesthelinkbetweentheelements.
作者简介
AlisonReadinghaslecturedinphysicalgeographyattheUniversityofReadingandisnowSeniorLecturerintheDivisionofGeographyatUniversityofEastEnglandbasedinCambridge.AndrewMillingtonisProfessorofGeographyattheUniversityofLeicester.HehaspreviouslyheldappointmentsattheUniversitiesofReadingandSierraLeone,andhaslecturedattheUniversityCollegeDublinandtheUniversityofKent.RussellThompsonhasheldlectureshipsingeographydepartmentsattheUniversityofNewEngland,Australia;MasseyUniversity,NewZealand;theUniversityofGuelph,Canada;theUniversityoftheSouthPacific,Fijiand(currently)theUniversityofReading.