Life in the treetops adventures of a woman in field biology - Lowman, Margaret (Yale University Press, 1999)
Map of canopy sites on end papers. - Includes index
"In this book a pioneer canopy scientist describes the mysteries of the treetops - their inhabitants, flowers and fruits, growth and mortality, patterns of diversity, and plant and animal interactions. Margaret Lowman writes about different canopy access techniques in conjunction with the scientific hypotheses she was addressing while using each one. She also portrays the life of a field biologist from a woman's perspective: what it was like to juggle a demanding career with marriage, housewifery, motherhood, and single parenthood."--BOOK JACKET.
Foreword / Robert D. Ballard -- The rain-forest canopies of Australia -- Life in the outback -- Canopies near the ground -- Research and motherhood -- The world's greatest lottery -- Highways to heaven -- On the rooftop of the world -- Construction cranes in the canopy -- Our treehouse in Belize -- Canopy research from the bottom up -- Out on a limb