SubjectBiogeography and Ecology of the Rain Forests of Eastern Africa
Edited by Jon C Lovett and Samuel K Wasser
341 pages, 2 b/w photos, 35 line illus, 50 tables, maps.
Softcover | 2008 | #177022 | ISBN-13: 9780521068987
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Eastern African rain forests are remarkable in their high level of endemism. Miocene uplift of the central African plateau separated these montane and
coastal forests from the main Guineo-Congolian forest of west and central Africa. Since then, stable Indian Ocean temperatures maintained a region of
high rainfall throughout Pleistocene droughts that devastated forest elsewhere on the continent. Relics of the former Pan-African rain forest survived
here, the study of which provides a unique insight into tropical evolutionary processes.
This book brings together research on the animals, plants and geography of this intriguing residual forest, and highlights the need for effective management practices to conserve its exceptional biodiversity in the face of increasing pressure for land for cultivation.
Paperback re-issue, originally published in 1993.
This book brings together research on the animals, plants and geography of this intriguing residual forest, and highlights the need for effective management practices to conserve its exceptional biodiversity in the face of increasing pressure for land for cultivation.
Paperback re-issue, originally published in 1993.
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