Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-305) and index
Acknowledgments -- Many tropical rain forests -- Plants: building block of the rain forest -- Primate communities: key to understanding biogeography -- Carnivores and plant-eaters -- Birds: linkages in the rain forest community -- Fruit bats and gliding animals in the tree canopy -- Insects: diverse, abundant, and ecologically important -- Future of rain forest -- References -- Index