TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hammond,D.S.
ED  - C.A.B. International,
TI  - Tropical forests of the Guiana Shield: ancient forests in a modern world 
AV  - QH111 .T76 2005eb
U1  - 578.734/098 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
PB  - CABI
KW  - Rain forest ecology
KW  - Guiana Highlands
KW  - Rain forests
KW  - Natural history
KW  - History and Biography
KW  - Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology)
KW  - Water Resources
KW  - Land Resources
KW  - Meteorology and Climate
KW  - Biological Resources (Animal)
KW  - Biological Resources (Plant)
KW  - Plant Ecology
KW  - Animal Ecology
KW  - Plants
KW  - cabt
KW  - Archaeology
KW  - Climate
KW  - Cycling
KW  - Fauna
KW  - Flora
KW  - Forests
KW  - Geology
KW  - History
KW  - Hydrology
KW  - Land use
KW  - Life history
KW  - Soil
KW  - Tropical forests
KW  - Wildlife conservation
KW  - Wildlife management
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format
N2  - 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
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9780851995366.0000
ER  -