TY  - BOOK
AU  - Poorter,L.
AU  - Bongers,Frans
AU  - Kouamé,Franck
AU  - Hawthorne,William
ED  - C.A.B. International,
TI  - Biodiversity of West African forests: an ecological atlas of woody plant species 
AV  - QK393 .B56 2004eb
U1  - 333.95/3/0966 23
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
PB  - CABI
KW  - Forest plants
KW  - Africa, West
KW  - Plant diversity
KW  - Forest biodiversity
KW  - Plant diversity conservation
KW  - Forest conservation
KW  - Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology)
KW  - Biological Resources (Plant)
KW  - Plant Ecology
KW  - Plants
KW  - cabt
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Endangered species
KW  - Forest ecology
KW  - Forest trees
KW  - Forests
KW  - Geographical distribution
KW  - Maps
KW  - Nature conservation
KW  - Plant communities
KW  - Species diversity
KW  - Trees
KW  - Tropical forests
KW  - Tropical rain forests
KW  - Vegetation types
KW  - Wild plants
KW  - Woody plants
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-516) and index; 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; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format
N2  - 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
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9780851997346.0000
ER  -