Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield
Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13:

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" . . . includes the countries of Guyana and Surinam, French Guiana (a part of France) and the Venezuelan states of Amazonas, Bolivar, and Delta Amacuro. The checklist contains 257 vascular plant families with 13,367 species." -- from abstract p. [2].

Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela
Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela

Author: V. A. Funk

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13:

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". . . includes the countries of Guyana and Surinam, French Guiana (a part of France) and the Venezuelan states of Amazonas, Bolivar, and Delta Amacuro. The checklist contains 257 vascular plant families with 13,367 species." Résumé p. [2].

Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield
Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield

Author: D. S. Hammond

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13: 9781845930929

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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.