Contents Introduction 6 CHAPTER 1: The
Emergent Layer and the Canopy
The Emergent Layer 8
plant eaters 32 Predators 34
High Flyers 10
CHAPTER 3: The
The Canopy 12
Life in a Rainforest River 36
Swingers and Gliders 1 4
river mammals 38
Birds in the Branches 16
River Reptiles 40
Fruit and Flower Foragers 18
fish 42
Canopy Carnivores 20 Bugs in the Trees 22 CHAPTER 2:
The Understorey and the Forest Floor
CHAPTER 4:
River
Humans and the Rainforest
Peoples of the Rainforest 44 Logging 46 Agriculture 48
The Understorey 24
Mining and power 50
Plants and Trees 26
What can we do about it? 52
Animals 28
Glossary 54
The Forest Floor 30
Index 56
