Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield write by D. S. Hammond. This book was released on 2005. Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Lianas of the Guianas
Lianas of the Guianas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lianas of the Guianas write by Bruce Hoffman. This book was released on 2017. Lianas of the Guianas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Lianas (woody vines) are iconic symbols of tropical forests around the world. These plants use the energetically expensive investment of trees in woody stems to gain relatively inexpensive access to the light-rich canopy. The evolution of a climbing habit has occurred in many unrelated plant groups using twining and clasping shoots or specialized structures such as tendrils, hooks, spines, adhesive roots, and internal stem anatomy. Lianas contribute significantly to tropical forest diversity (25-40% of species), carbon sequestration, biomass, plant-animal interactions and forest gap dynamics. Although they are often considered pests in commercial forestry, woody climbers are important to many traditional peoples as medicines, subsistence fibers and non-timber forest products. Largely due to their inaccessibility, lianas and other climbers remain among the most poorly documented lifeforms in the tropics. 0This book aims to facilitate learning and identification of woody climbers of the Guianas (Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname) for specialists and non-specialists by using an image-rich format, common and scientific names, simplified botanical terminology, and character icon guides, and by describing ecology and uses.
Forestry Issues in the Guiana Shield Region
Forestry Issues in the Guiana Shield Region - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Forestry Issues in the Guiana Shield Region write by Philippa Haden. This book was released on 1999. Forestry Issues in the Guiana Shield Region available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon
Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon write by Rosemary Lyster. This book was released on 2013-03-21. Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Emerging from the scientific parameters underpinning REDD+ (including the measurement of carbon stocks, reporting and verification), Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon considers the crucial challenges for global and national governance and the legal rights and interests of indigenous people and local communities, all of which have fundamental implications for development and poverty alleviation. With contributions from leading experts in the fields of law, governance, science, development studies and geography, it sheds light on the complexity of REDD+ and offers perspectives on the extent to which REDD+ agreements can be enforced under international law and in concert with new private and public domestic institutions.
Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris
Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris write by Adrian Barnett. This book was released on 2013-04-11. Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America's least-known, and most endangered, primates.
