The AmaLin project was initiated in 2008 in collaboration with Paul Fine (Berkeley) to examine contrasts among white sand, flooded and terra firme forests in Peru and French Guiana. In French Guiana we have 38 plots in four geographic areas: the Laussat Conservation Area in the northwest, the Trinité Reserve in the southwest, the Nouragues Reserve in the southeast, and the Petite Montagne Tortue Conservation Area in the northeast.

Plot locations are shown relative to habitat type (red=terra firme; white=white sand; black=flooded) in the adjacent map which shows coarse-scale floristics zones in the region.

Collaborators in the network include Paul Fine, the Herbier de Guyane (CAY), and our botanical team from French Guiana.

Results from aboveground biomass estimates across this network are to be published soon (click here for Global Change Biology manuscript).

We also contribute to the Guyafor permanent plot network in French Guiana and help to manage the tree botanical determinations at the Paracou and Nouragues research stations.