منابع مشابه
The Guiana Shield
Highland areas that serve as sources and boundaries for the great rivers of South America can be broadly divided into two categories based on their geologic age and origin. As reviewed elsewhere in this volume (Chapters 15 and 16), the allochthonous terrains and massive crustal deformations of the Andes Mountains that comprise the extremely high-elevation western margin of South America have th...
متن کاملThe Blattodea s.s. (Insecta, Dictyoptera) of the Guiana Shield
Here we provide a checklist of cockroach species known from areas within the Guiana Shield based on literature records and new field collection. We give records of sixteen species collected in Guyana, eight of which are new records for Guyana and one of which is a new generic record for the entire Guiana Shield. We also provide a description for a geographically disparate species of Calhypnorna...
متن کاملMalaria on the Guiana Shield: a review of the situation in French Guiana
In a climate of growing concern that Plasmodium falciparum may be developing a drug resistance to artemisinin derivatives in the Guiana Shield, this review details our current knowledge of malaria and control strategy in one part of the Shield, French Guiana. Local epidemiology, test-treat-track strategy, the state of parasite drug resistance and vector control measures are summarised. Current ...
متن کاملHerpetofauna of Mount Roraima, Guiana Shield Region, Northeastern South America
Herpetological Review 38(1), 2007 Printing Co., Auburn, Alabama. 347 pp. PERRILL, S. A., AND R. E. DANIEL. 1983. Multiple egg clutches in Hyla regilla, H. cinerea, and H. gratiosa. Copeia 1983:513–516. SCARLATA, J. K., AND C. G. MURPHY. 2003. Timing of oviposition by female barking treefrogs (Hyla gratiosa). J. Herpetol. 37:580–582. TRAVIS, J. 1983. Variation in development patterns of larval a...
متن کاملMicrurus ibiboboca (Serpentes, Elapidae) is not a Guiana Shield Species
( ) Coral snakes (Micrurus) are a diverse group of Neotropical squamates. Similarities in morphology and coloration can make identification difficult, especially in areas of species sympatry. Species with triad-type coloration, approximately 30% of all Micrurus species, are among the most difficult to identify. Micrurus ibiboboca Merrem, 1820 is an east Brazilian species with triad-type colorat...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Episodes
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0705-3797,2586-1298
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/1983/v6i2/003