Biodiversity of West African forests : an ecological atlas of woody plant species /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
• Subjects: Forest plants > Africa, West.; Plant diversity > Africa, West.; Forest biodiversity > Africa, West.; Plant diversity conservation > Africa, West.; Forest conservation > Africa, West.; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Biological Resources (Plant); Plant Ecology.; Plants.; Biodiversity.; Endangered species.; Forest ecology.; Forest trees.; Forests.; Geographical distribution.; Maps.; Nature conservation.; Plant communities.; Species diversity.; Trees.; Tropical forests.; Tropical rain forests.; Vegetation types.; Wild plants.; Woody plants.; Electronic books.
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This book focuses on the biodiversity and ecology of West African forests. The first part of the book includes 8 chapters which analyse the factors that give rise to biodiversity and structure tropical plant communities. It emphasizes the distribution and state of the forests and analyses vegetation...

Table of Contents:

• West African forests : introduction / L. Poorter, F. Bongers and R.H.M.J. Lemmens
• Forest cover changes in Côte d'Ivoire and Upper Guinea / C. Chatelain, H. Dao, L. Gautier and R. Spichiger
• The forest-savanna transition in West Africa / L. Gautier and R. Spichiger
• The forests of Upper Guinea : gradients in large species composition / F. Bongers, L. Poorter and W.D. Hawthorne
• Floristic diversity of closed forests in Côte d'Ivoire / F.N'. Kouamé, K.E. Kouadio, K. Kouassi and L. Poorter
• Biodiversity hotspots in West Africa ; patterns and causes / J.J. Wieringa and L. Poorter
• What explains the distribution of rare and endemic West African plants? / M. Holmgren, L. Poorter and A. Siepel
• Implications for conservation and management / F. Bongers, L. Poorter, V. Beligné, W.D. Hawthorne, F.N'. Kouamé, M.P.E. Parren and D. Traoré
• Ecological profiles of rare and endemic species / M. Holmgren, L. Poorter, A. Siepel, F. Bongers, M. Buitelaar, C. Chatelain, L. Gautier, W.D. Hawthorne, A.T.F. Helmink, C.C.H. Jongkind, H.J. Os-Breijer, J.J. Wieringa and A.R. van Zoest
• Ecological profiles of large timber species / A. Siepel, L. Poorter and W.D. Hawthorne
• Checklist of Upper Guinea forest species / C.C.H. Jongkind.