The Amazon River Forest: A Natural History of Plants, Animals, and People Book

1	Biodiversity as a Cornerstone for Agricultural Intensification	3
2	The Ebb and Flow of Cultures	15
3	A Forest Cornucopia	47
4	The Emergence and Impact of Livestock Raising	83
5	Islands in the Sun	111
6	A Harvest for All Seasons	139
7	Restoring a Threatened Paradise	155
App. A	Common and Scientific Names of Plants	167
App. B	Common and Scientific Names of Animals	171
App. C	Seventy-nine Varieties of Bitter Manioc Cultivated in the Brazilian Amazon	173
App. D	Twenty-two Varieties of Sweet Manioc Cultivated in the Brazilian Amazon	177
App. E	Ninety-three Plant Species Growing in Twenty-two Home Gardens on the Amazon Floodplain	179
	Notes	181
	Further Reading	185
	Index	201