Book ID: 35547
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    
Bolay, Eberhard
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                 The Dominican Republic. A country between rainforest and desert. Contributions to the ecology of a Caribbean island. 1997. illustr. 456 p.
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                    The author, a biologist who spent several years on the island, gives adetailed insight into various ecological zones. The ecosystems vary fromrainforests to deserts. The reader gets a comprehensive background onhistory, geology, geography and climatology. This book is a 'must' forall ecologically oriented visitors and necessary reference book forscientific research on the island.