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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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 forc...

Table of Contents:

• Ancient Land in a Modern World / David S. Hammond
• Biophysical Features of the Guiana Shield / David S. Hammond
• Ecophysiological Patterns in Guianan Forest Plants / Thijs L. Pons, Eustace E. Alexander, Nico C. Houter, Simmoné A. Rose and Toon Rijkers
• Rainforest Vertebrates and Food Plant Diversity in the Guiana Shield / Pierre-Michel Forget and David S. Hammond
• Folivorous Insects in the Rainforests of the Guianas / Yves Basset, Neil D. Springate and Elroy Charles
• Flower-visiting Insects in Guianan Forests : Pollinators, Thieves, Lovers and Their Foes / Bart P.E. De Dijn
• Guianan Forest Dynamics : Geomorphographic Control and Tropical Forest Change Across Diverging Landscapes / David S. Hammond
• Socio-economic Aspects of Guiana Shield Forest Use / David S. Hammond
• Forest Conservation and Management in the Guiana Shield / David S. Hammond.