Ref ID:	33836
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Richards, Paul W.
Title:	The tropical rain forest
Date:	1973
Source:	Scientific American
Abstract:	One of the oldest ecosystems and a reservoir of genetic diversity, the wet evergreen tropical forest is threatened by the activities of man and may virtually disappear by the end of the 20th century.
Date Created:	6/19/2002
Volume:	229
Number:	6
Page Start:	58
Page End:	67