LEADER 03064nam 22006494a 450 001 9910784626903321 005 20230617003803.0 010 $a1-280-86621-7 010 $a9786610866212 010 $a0-85199-951-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000395948 035 $a(EBL)297528 035 $a(OCoLC)476072079 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000111684 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138678 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111684 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080789 035 $a(PQKB)11576618 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC297528 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL297528 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10178022 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL86621 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000395948 100 $a20030710d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBiodiversity of West African forests$b[electronic resource] $ean ecological atlas of woody plant species /$fedited by L. Poorter ... [et al.] 210 $aWallingford, Oxon, UK $aCambridge, MA, USA $cCABI Pub.$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (527 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-85199-734-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 507-516) and index. 327 $aBiodiversity 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 Co?te 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 Co?te 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 327 $a9. 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 330 $aFocusing 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. 606 $aForest plants$zAfrica, West 606 $aPlant diversity$zAfrica, West 606 $aForest biodiversity$zAfrica, West 606 $aPlant diversity conservation$zAfrica, West 606 $aForest conservation$zAfrica, West 615 0$aForest plants 615 0$aPlant diversity 615 0$aForest biodiversity 615 0$aPlant diversity conservation 615 0$aForest conservation 676 $a333.95/3/0966 701 $aPoorter$b L$g(Lourens)$01536977 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784626903321 996 $aBiodiversity of West African forests$93786033 997 $aUNINA