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A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Northern Cordillera Vilcabamba, Peru: Volume 12

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Under imminent threat from habitat destruction, the northern Cordillera Vilcabamba in the Andes is one of Peru's biologically richest areas. This report presents the results of two recent ecological surveys of this little-known region. Investigating both high and low elevation sites, the surveys discovered several species new to science. For instance, nearly a third of all the butterfly and moth species studied were previously unknown, and a large arboreal rodent species collected may even represent a new genus. This ...

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A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Northern Cordillera Vilcabamba, Peru: Volume 12 1999, Conservation International

ISBN-13: 9781881173519

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