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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Poorter, L. (Lourens)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA, USA : CABI Pub., ©2004.
Temas:
Forest plants > Africa, West.
Plant diversity > Africa, West.
Forest biodiversity > Africa, West.
Plant diversity conservation > Africa, West.
Forest conservation > Africa, West.
Flore forestière > Afrique occidentale.
Diversité végétale > Afrique occidentale.
Diversité végétale > Conservation > Afrique occidentale.
Forêts > Conservation > Afrique occidentale.
Biodiversité forestière > Afrique occidentale.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
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.
Forest biodiversity
Forest conservation
Forest plants
Plant diversity
Plant diversity conservation
West Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 gradients, determines hotspots of plant diversity, and treats distribution patterns of rare and endemic species in the Upper Guinean forests which extend from Senegal to Togo. The main part of the book is an atlas with ecological profiles of 280 rare and endemic plant species and 56 large timber species, each with a one-page entry including a coloured photograph and distribution map. This book will appeal to researchers working in forestry, biodiversity, plant ecology and conservation.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (521 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-516) and index.
ISBN:9780851999517
0851999514
1280866217
9781280866210
9786610866212
661086621X
Acceso:University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus.

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