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The rainforests of West Africa : ecology, threats, conservation / Claude Martin ; English translation by Linda Tsardakas.

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Nowhere eise in the world did industrialized countries leave such early marks in the rainforest as in West Africa. Past and present developments here are in one way or the other significant for rainforests on other continents as weil. West Africa is a pioneer in both a good and a bad sense. This is...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Martin, Claude, 1945-
Other title:Regenwälder Westafrikas. English
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, ©1991.
Subjects:
Rain forests > Africa, West.
Rain forest ecology > Africa, West.
Forests and forestry > Africa, West.
Rain forest conservation > Africa, West.
Conservation of natural resources.
Ecology.
Africa, West.
Ecology
Conservation of natural resources
Forests and forestry
Rain forest conservation
Rain forest ecology
Rain forests
West Africa
Table of Contents:
  • Europe Casts Its Spell upon the Rainforest
  • The Distribution of West African Rainforests
  • Climate and Soil Determine Forest Type
  • A Diversity of Plant Life on Poor Soil
  • Little-known Rainforest Fauna
  • Ecological Niches in Undisturbed and Disturbed Forest
  • The Coevolution of Plants and Animals
  • The Forest as Human Habitat
  • Sacrificing Forest for Short-term Gain
  • Forest Conservation Past and Present.

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