An analysis of plant, soil and water relations in the northern Rupununi savannas of British Guiana as an aid to understanding their nature and origin.

• Main Author: Eden, Michael. J.
• Other Authors: Hills, T. (Supervisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1964
• Subjects: Geography.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=115471

In May 1962 the McGill University Savanna Research Project was established and has been conducted since that date in the Department of Geography, McGill University and in the savannas of the Rupununi District, British Guiana and the Territorio do Rio Branco, Brazil. It is generally recognised that although a very wide range of theory has been propounded to explain the nature and origin of savannas, no one has yet brought forward a single convincing viewpoint which has met with universal acceptance. One reason for this is that the majority of theories extant are based upon inadequate field data with almost a total lack of experimental evidence. The McGill University Savanna Research Project was set up for the purpose of initiating an experimental and observational field programme which it was hoped would shed light upon the ecological relations of the savanna, and would ultimately enable an explanation to be made of the nature and distribution of the savanna vegetation of the region.