TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hammond,D.S.
TI  - Tropical forests of the Guiana shield: ancient forests in a modern world
T2  - CABI Books
SN  - 9781845930929
PY  - 2005///
CY  - WallingfordUK
PB  - CABI Publishing
KW  - eukaryotes
KW  - life history
KW  - soil
KW  - nutrient cycling
KW  - Brazil
KW  - climate
KW  - tropical forests
KW  - French Guiana
KW  - America
KW  - geology
KW  - wildlife management
KW  - plants
KW  - hydrology
KW  - land use
KW  - cycling
KW  - Suriname
KW  - fauna
KW  - ACP Countries
KW  - Caribbean Community
KW  - forests
KW  - Latin America
KW  - archaeology
KW  - Commonwealth of Nations
KW  - wildlife conservation
KW  - Andean Group
KW  - Community of Portuguese Language Countries
KW  - flora
KW  - Developing Countries
KW  - Guiana Shield
KW  - France overseas
KW  - Surinam
KW  - Colombia
KW  - Venezuela
KW  - Guyana
KW  - South America
KW  - history
KW  - Threshold Countries
N2  - The Guiana Shield is an ancient geological formation located in the northern part of South America, covering an area of one million square kilometres. Despite its hostile environment, it is home to many unusual and highly specialized plants and animals, which constitute a rich area of biodiversity. Chapters in this book include hydrology, nutrient cycling, forest phenology, insect-plant interactions, forest microclimate, plant distributions, forest dynamics and conservation and management of flora and fauna. It provides a comprehensive and detailed review of the ecology, biology and natural history of the forests of the area
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