Keywords:
Forest plants -- Africa, West.
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Plant diversity -- Africa, West.
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Forest biodiversity -- Africa, West.
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Plant diversity conservation -- Africa, West.
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Forest conservation -- Africa, West.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Focusing on the biodiversity and ecology of West African forests, this volume analyses the facts that give rise to biodiversity and structure tropical plant communities, and includes an atlas with ecological profiles of 280 rare plant species and 56 large timber species.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (527 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780851999517
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=297528
DDC:
333.95/3/0966
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Biodiversity of West African Forests An Ecological Atlas of Woody Plant Species -- Table of Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. West African forests: introduction -- 2. Forest cover changes in Côte d'Ivoire and Upper Guinea -- 3. The forest-savanna transition in West Africa -- 4. The forests of Upper Guinea: gradients in large species composition -- 5. Floristic diversity of closed forests in Côte d'Ivoire -- 6. Biodiversity hotspots in West Africa -- patterns and causes -- 7. What explains the distribution of rare and endemic West African plants? -- 8. Implications for conservation and management -- 9. Ecological profiles of rare and endemic species -- Key to symbols in maps and tables of chapter 9 -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Sources & -- index.
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