Biodiversity of West African forests : an ecological atlas of woody plant species / edited by L. Poorter ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poorter, L. (Lourens)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest plants--Africa, West.

Forest plants.

Plant diversity--Africa, West.

Plant diversity.

Forest biodiversity--Africa, West.

Forest biodiversity.

Plant diversity conservation--Africa, West.

Plant diversity conservation.

Forest conservation--Africa, West.

Forest conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (527 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxon, UK : Cambridge, MA, USA : CABI Pub., c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-516) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-86621-7

9786610866212

0-85199-951-4

OCLC:

476072079