Tropical forests of the Guiana Shield : ancient forests in a modern world /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
• Subjects: Rain forest ecology > Guiana Highlands.; Rain forests > Guiana Highlands.; Natural history > Guiana Highlands.; History and Biography.; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Water Resources.; Land Resources.; Meteorology and Climate.; Biological Resources (Animal); Biological Resources (Plant); Plant Ecology.; Animal Ecology.; Plants.; Archaeology.; Climate.; Cycling.; Fauna.; Flora.; Forests.; Geology.; History.; Hydrology.; Land use.; Life history.; Soil.; Tropical forests.; Wildlife conservation.; Wildlife management.; Guiana Highlands.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 528 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book is a comprehensive and detailed synthesis of the natural and human history of forests in the Guiana Shield, which is an ancient geological region located in northeastern South America (constitutes all or most of Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela), and the forces that have combined to shape their unique place in the modern tropical world. Chapters cover geology, climate, hydrology, soils, nutrient cycling, plant-animal interactions, archaeology, colonization and land use history, plant distributions and life history attributes, forest dynamics and conservation and management of flora and fauna.