LEADER 03929nam 2201045z- 450 001 9910557313703321 005 20231214133147.0 035 $a(CKB)5400000000042718 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/69365 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000042718 100 $a20202105d2020 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBiodiversity of Vegetation and Flora in Tropical Africa 210 $aBasel, Switzerland$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2020 215 $a1 electronic resource (180 p.) 311 $a3-03943-531-0 311 $a3-03943-532-9 330 $aAfrican ecosystems comprise a wealthy repository of biodiversity, with a high proportion of native and endemic plant species, which makes them biologically unique and providers of a wide range of ecosystem services. A large part of African populations, in both rural and urban areas, depend on plants for their survival and welfare, but many ecosystems are being degraded, mostly due to the growing impacts of climate change and other anthropogenic actions and environmental problems. Loss of habitat and biodiversity affects livelihoods, water supply and food security and reduces the resilience of ecosystems in the African continent. The knowledge about the great African plant and ecosystem diversity, and the structure, composition and processes involved in vegetation dynamics, is crucial to promote their sustainable use and to preserve one of the most understudied regions in the world. This Special Issue aimed to gather contributions that update and improve such knowledge. 606 $aResearch & information: general$2bicssc 606 $aBiology, life sciences$2bicssc 610 $aecotone 610 $afire 610 $aforest core 610 $ahabitat preference 610 $aNgel Nyaki 610 $aniche partitioning 610 $asavannah 610 $aspecies sorting 610 $atorus translation 610 $avegetation 610 $aaridification in NW Africa 610 $aMacaronesian islands 610 $adistribution patterns 610 $aWest African Monsoon (WAM) 610 $avascular flora 610 $aAfrican potato 610 $aconservation 610 $acommercialization 610 $acultivation 610 $aHypoxidaceae 610 $amedicinal plant 610 $aunsustainable harvesting 610 $awild harvesting 610 $awoodland 610 $amiombo 610 $asavanna 610 $adiversity 610 $adisturbance 610 $aBaikiaea 610 $abiogeographic vicariance 610 $aextinction 610 $aphylogenomics 610 $agene shopping 610 $agene capture 610 $amolecular dating 610 $aAfrica 610 $abiome 610 $aRADseq 610 $aMonechma 610 $aJusticia 610 $aphylogeny 610 $aplant diversity 610 $aBia Tano Forest Reserve 610 $agap 610 $aregeneration 610 $aspecies composition 610 $aspecies diversity 610 $awildfires 610 $aMODIS burnt area product 610 $aWWF ecoregions 610 $aland cover 610 $aMiombo woodlands 610 $abiodiversity conservation 610 $asub-Saharan Africa 610 $aflora 610 $atropical biodiversity 615 7$aResearch & information: general 615 7$aBiology, life sciences 700 $aCatarino$b Luís$4edt$01289209 702 $aRomeiras$b Maria$4edt 702 $aCatarino$b Luís$4oth 702 $aRomeiras$b Maria$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557313703321 996 $aBiodiversity of Vegetation and Flora in Tropical Africa$93021088 997 $aUNINA