, Cette étude a bénéficié du soutien matériel de l'action spécifique << Guyane française >> du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris ainsi que de l'ORSTOM à Cayenne et du CIRAD/CTFf à Kourou. Je remercie L. Desutter pour son aide sur le terrain, P. Deleporte, A. Gautier-Hion pour la lecture critique de mon manuscrit

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