Vertebrates in Complex Tropical Systems formatIsbn:Softcover 9781461281337 and biological chemists in mind 9783642096402 and biological chemists in mind market size and public expectations will surpass the capabilities of the systems of the mid 1990's all of them actually spent years in the field and or participated in long term research programs This book addresses the question of what determines species richness in tropical animals by comparing and contrasting the communities of the five major classes of vertebrates in two environments considered to be the most species rich on Planet Earth the coral reef and the rainforest