DAVID M. OLSON, ERIC DINERSTEIN, ERIC D. WIKRAMANAYAKE, NEIL D. BURGESS,
GEORGE VN POWELL, EMMA C. UNDERWOOD, JENNIFER A. D'AMICO, ILLANGA ITOUA …

This report is the second and concluding part of our monographic treatment of the mammal
fauna of Paracou, a rainforested locality in the coastal lowlands of northern French Guiana …

A digital land cover map of South America has been produced using remotely sensed
satellite data acquired between 1995 and the year 2000. The map** scale is defined by …

Aim Conservation and land‐use planning require accurate maps of patterns in species
composition and an understanding of the factors that control them. Substantial doubt exists …

The high species richness and diversity found in tropical montane habitats are often related
to: 1) an effect of climatic and geological history on biotic evolution; 2) the various …

Tropical rivers are an important source of dissolved organic matter (DOM) to coastal oceans.
However, temporal and spatial variability of DOM composition and thus its quality in such …

Setting conservation priorities with a geographic vision is essential in develo** countries
due to limited resources for conservation and the urgency of establishing new reserves …

Centennial–millennial dynamics of tropical salt marsh vegetation are documented in the
pollen record from marine core MD03-2622, Cariaco Basin, Venezuela, which spans the …

Protection of the environment has nowadays become a major challenge and a condi tion for
survival of future human generations and life on Earth in general. Yet it is still far too much of …

Esta obra incluye 19 capítulos (de 32 autores de varios países) divididos en dos secciones:
1. Aspectos generales y 2. El Caribe y los países del continente americano. La obra trata los …