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Nouragues

Dynamics and Plant-Animal Interactions in a Neotropical Rainforest

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Editors:
  1. Frans Bongers

    1. Silviculture and Forest Ecology Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  2. Pierre Charles-Dominique

    1. Laboratoire d’Ecologie Générale, UMR 8571 CNRS-MNHN, Brunoy, France

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  3. Pierre-Michel Forget

    1. Laboratoire d’Ecologie Générale, UMR 8571 CNRS-MNHN, Brunoy, France

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  4. Marc Théry

    1. Laboratoire d’Ecologie Générale, UMR 8571 CNRS-MNHN, Brunoy, France

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Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae (MOBI, volume 80)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N3-N3
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    2. The Field Station

      • Pierre Charles-Dominique
      Pages 1-8

    3. Geography and Climate

      • Michel Grimaldi, Bernard Riéra
      Pages 9-18

    4. Scales of Ambient Light Variation

      • Frans Bongers, Peter J. van der Meer, Marc Théry
      Pages 19-30

  3. Plant Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N5-N5
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    2. The Lowland High Rainforest: Structure and Tree Species Diversity

      • Odile Poncy, Daniel Sabatier, Marie-Françoise Prévost, Isabelle Hardy
      Pages 31-46

    3. The Low Forest (Nouragues Inselberg)

      • Denis Larpin
      Pages 47-64

    4. Plant Communities on a Granitic Outcrop

      • Corinne Sarthou
      Pages 65-78

    5. Palaeoclimates and Their Consequences on Forest Composition

      • Pierre Charles-Dominique, Patrick Blanc, Denis Larpin, Marie-Pierre Ledru, Bernard Riéra, Thierry Rosique et al.
      Pages 79-88

  4. Vertebrate Communities and Evolutionary Ecology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N7-N7
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    2. Diet and Population Densities of the Primate Community in Relation to Fruit Supplies

      • Bruno Simmen, Catherine Julliot, Françoise Bayart, Elisabeth Pagès-Feuillade
      Pages 89-102

    3. Comparative Positional Behaviour of Five Primates

      • Dionisios Youlatos, Jean-Pierre Gasc
      Pages 103-114

    4. The Bat Community

      • André Brosset, Pierre Charles-Dominique, Anya Cockle
      Pages 115-120

    5. The Marsupial Community

      • Marie-Laure Guillemin, Martine Atramentowicz, Didier Julien-Laferrière
      Pages 121-128

    6. The Avian Community: An Overview of Species Composition and Guild Structure

      • Jean-Marc Thiollay, Mathilde Jullien, Marc Théry, Christian Erard
      Pages 129-142

    7. The Adaptive Significance of Flocking in Tropical Understorey Forest Birds: The Field Evidence

      • Mathilde Jullien, Jean-Marc Thiollay
      Pages 143-160

    8. Habitat Selection, Ambient Light and Colour Patterns in Some Lek-Displaying Birds

      • Marc Théry, John A. Endler
      Pages 161-166

    9. Distribution and Life Histories of Amphibians and Reptiles

      • Marga Born, Philippe Gaucher
      Pages 167-184

    10. Fishes of the Arataye River and Their Spatio-Temporal Organization

      • François J. Meunier, Thierry Boujard
      Pages 185-190
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Keywords

About this book

Nouragues is a tropical forest research station in French Guiana. It was established in 1986 for research on natural mechanisms of forest regeneration. Since then a lot of research has been done on this and related topics.
This book provides an overview of the main research results, and focuses on plant communities, vertebrate communities and evolutionary ecology, frugivory and seed dispersal, and forest dynamics and recruitment.
The appendices give (annoted) checklists of plants, birds, mammals, herpetofauna and fishes found in the same area.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Silviculture and Forest Ecology Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Frans Bongers

  • Laboratoire d’Ecologie Générale, UMR 8571 CNRS-MNHN, Brunoy, France

    Pierre Charles-Dominique, Pierre-Michel Forget, Marc Théry

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nouragues

  • Book Subtitle: Dynamics and Plant-Animal Interactions in a Neotropical Rainforest

  • Editors: Frans Bongers, Pierre Charles-Dominique, Pierre-Michel Forget, Marc Théry

  • Series Title: Monographiae Biologicae

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9821-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0123-9Published: 30 November 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5869-0Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9821-7Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0077-0639

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1729

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 428

  • Topics: Forestry, Tree Biology, Plant Ecology, Nature Conservation, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Zoology

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