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Funk, V., T. Hollowell, P. Berry, C. Kelloff, and S.N. Alexander. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (VENEZUELA: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; GUYANA, SURINAM, FRENCH GUIANA). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Volume 55: 1-584. (pdf)

BDG Newsletter, Number 1. June, 2005. Take a look to see what almost all of the people who have associated with the BDG have been up to! (pdf)

Funk, V.A., K.S. Richardson, and S. Ferrier. 2005. Survey-gap analysis in expeditionary research: Where do we go from here? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85: 549–567.

Floras: A Model for Biodiversity Studies or a Thing of the Past? Presentation made by Vicki Funk at the Smithsonian Botany Symposium, The Future of Floras: New Frameworks, New Techniques, New Uses. National Museum of Natural History & the US Botanic Garden, Washington DC. 15-16 April, 2005. (pdf - large download, 10 mb)

Hollowell, T. and R.P. Reynolds, eds. 2005. Checklist of the terrestrial vertebrates of the Guiana Shield. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 13. (pdf)

Clarke, H. David and V.A. Funk. 2005. Using checklists and collections data to investigate plant diversity. II: An analysis of five florulas from northeastern South America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 154: 29-37. (pdf)

Kelloff, Carol. 2004. The Use of Biodiversity Data in Developing Kaieteur National Park, Guyana. Contributions to the Study of Biological Diversity (Univ. of Guyana) 1: 1 - 46. (pdf)

Kelloff, Carol and V.A. Funk. 2004. Phytogeography of the Kaieteur Falls,Potaro Plateau, Guyana: floral distributions and affinities. Journal of Biogeography 31: 501–513. (pdf)

DeFilipps, Robert A., Shirley L. Maina, and Juliette Crepin. 2004. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. (online only).

Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield 2004 Annual Report (pdf)