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Tropical forests of the Guiana Shield : ancient forests in a modern world / edited by D.S. Hammond.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rain forest ecology--Guyana Shield.
- Rain forest ecology.
- Rain forests--Guyana Shield.
- Rain forests.
- Natural history--Guyana Shield.
- Natural history.
- Guiana Highlands.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (540 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Guianan Shield is an ancient geological formation located in the northern part of South America, covering an area of one million square kilometers. Despite its hostile environment, it is home to many unusual and highly specialized plants and animals, which constitute a rich area of biodiversity. This book represents a comprehensive detailed review of the ecology, biology and natural history of the forests of the area.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""1 Ancient Land in a Modern World""; ""2 Biophysical Features of the Guiana Shield""; ""3 Ecophysiological Patterns in Guianan Forest Plants""; ""4 Rainforest Vertebrates and Food Plant Diversity in the Guiana Shield""; ""5 Folivorous Insects in the Rainforests of the Guianas""; ""6 Flower-visiting Insects in Guianan Forests: Pollinators, Thieves, Lovers and Their Foes""; ""7 Guianan Forest Dynamics: Geomorphographic Control and Tropical Forest Change Across Diverging Landscapes""
- ""8 Socio-economic Aspects of Guiana Shield Forest Use""""9 Forest Conservation and Management in the Guiana Shield""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-73564-3
- 9786610735648
- 1-84593-092-4
- OCLC:
- 133164844
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