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

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA, USA, : CABI Pub., c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (527 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.95/3/0966
• Soggetto topico: Forest plants - Africa, West; Plant diversity - Africa, West; Forest biodiversity - Africa, West; Plant diversity conservation - Africa, West; Forest conservation - Africa, West
• Altri autori: PoorterL (Lourens)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-516) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Biodiversity of West African forests
• ISBN: 1-280-86621-7; 9786610866212; 0-85199-951-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784626903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II