Geography & Environment : French Guiana

In addition to Lambros Comitas' work [The Complete Caribbeana, 1900-1975: A Bibliographic Guide to the Scholarly Literature. (Millwood, NY: KTO Press, Research Institute for the Study of Man) 4 vols, 2193 pages, 1977.], the most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning French Guiana is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 140 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.  Besides the online catalog of the Library of Congress, the Geography and Map Reading Room may offer additional materials. One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to French Guiana is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/other/fg/).

BATS AS POLLINATORS  (http://www.botanypages.org/mori/batsplants/batpollination/pollination%5Fmain.htm)
A study, from the Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, of bats as pollinators of plants in the lowland forests of Central French Guiana.

FRENCH GUIANA THROUGH THE CLOUDS: FIRST COMPLETE SATELLITE COVERAGE  (http://esapub.esrin.esa.it/eoq/eoq44/rudant.htm)
Discussion of the first complete coverage of French Guiana through satellite imagery.

FROGS AND TOADS OF MONTAGNE BELVEDERE, COUNTY OF SAUL, FRENCH GUIANA  (http://www.naturalsciences.be/Kok/MountainBelv.html)
A field list from the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Includes images of frogs, toads and some reptiles observed on MONTAGNE BELVEDERE, a small hill in Central French Guiana.

FUNGAL AND PLANT DIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FRENCH GUIANA  (http://www.nybg.org/bsci/french%5Fguiana/intro.html)
A highly informative site from The New York Botanical Garden devoted to the fungal and plant diversity of Central French Guiana.

KWATA  (http://www.kwata.org/menu%5Feng.htm)
Kwata is concerned with the natural heritage of French Guiana.

NATIONAAL HERBARIUM NEDERLAND BOTANY LINKS  (http://www.bio.uu.nl/%7Eherba/links.html)
Includes valuable links for French Guiana.

STATION DES NOURAGUES  (http://www.cnrs.fr/nouragues/)
Site of the CNRS Field Station for the Study of Tropical Forest in French Guiana (CNRS - UPS 656). English and French.

WORLD ATLAS FRENCH GUIANA INFORMATION PAGE  (http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/gfcia.htm)
Provides basic coverage of the geography of French Guiana.