Biodiversity of West African forests: an ecological atlas of woody plant species [electronic resource] Edited by L. Poorter, F. Bongers, F. N'. Kouamé, W. D. Hawthorne.
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TextLanguage: English Series: CABI BooksPublisher: WallingfordUK CABI Publishing 2004Edition: 1Description: 521ppContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780851999517
- subsaharan Africa
- tropical forests
- wild plants
- ACP Countries
- forest trees
- Africa South of Sahara
- Least Developed Countries
- Guinea Bissau
- Africa
- Anglophone Africa
- maps
- Ghana
- Senegal
- species diversity
- tropical rain forests
- West Africa
- endangered species
- The Gambia
- Cote d'Ivoire
- woody plants
- Developing Countries
- forests
- nature conservation
- Guinea
- trees
- Sierra Leone
- eukaryotes
- Ivory Coast
- threatened species
- vegetation types
- Commonwealth of Nations
- plants
- Francophone Africa
- forest ecology
- geographical distribution
- Gambia
- plant communities
- Liberia
- Togo
- biodiversity
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The rain forests of West Africa have been designated as one of the world's hotspots of biodiversity. They extend from Ghana to Senegal and are referred to as the Upper Guinean forests. Because of their isolated position, they harbour a large number of rare and endemic animal and plant species.This book focuses on the biodiversity and ecology of these forests. It analyses the factors that give rise to biodiversity and structure tropical plant communities. It also includes an atlas with ecological profiles of rare plant species and large timber species.
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