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9780851999142

Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa : Diversity, Ecology and Management

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  • ISBN13:

    9780851999142

  • ISBN10:

    085199914X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-09-22
  • Publisher: Cab Intl

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Summary

Climbing plants, including lianas, represent a fascinating component of the ecology of tropical forests. This book focuses on the climbing plants of West African forests. Based on original research, it presents information on the flora (including a checklist), diversity (with overviews at several levels of integration), ecology (distribution, characteristics in relation to environment, their role in forest ecosystems) and ethnobotany. Forestry aspects, such as their impact on tree growth and development, and the effects of forestry interventions on climbers are also covered.

Table of Contents

Preface 1(2)
Acknowledgements 3(2)
Forest climbing plants of West Africa: introduction
5(14)
F. Bongers
M.P.E. Parren
M.D. Swaine
D. Traore
A botanical synopsis of the lianes and other forest climbers
19(22)
C.C.H. Jongkind
W.D. Hawthorne
On censusing lianas: a review of common methodologies
41(18)
M.P.E. Parren
F. Bongers
G. Caballe
J. Nabe-Nielsen
S.A. Schnitzer
Lianas and gap-phase regeneration: implications for forest dynamics and species diversity
59(14)
S.A. Schnitzer
F. Bongers
Climber abundance, diversity and colonisation in degraded forests of different ages in Cote d'lvoire
73(20)
M.E. Kuzee
F. Bongers
Climbing plants in Ghanaian forests
93(16)
M.D. Swaine
W.D. Hawthorne
F. Bongers
M. Toledo Aceves
Climbers in forest fragments in Togo
109(14)
K. Kokou
G. Caballe
Taxonomic diversity of climbers in riparian forests in Benin
123(14)
A.K. Natta
B. Sinsin
Climbing plants of the Haut-Sassandra forest: species and biomorphology
137(10)
D.T. Etien
D. Traore
Taxonomy, population dynamics and utilisation of the rattan palms of the Upper Guinea forests of West Africa
147(20)
T.C.H. Sunderland
V. Beligne
L. Bonnehin
E. Ebanyenle
A. Oteng-Amoako
E.-J. Zouzou
Utilisation of climbers in two forest reserves in West Cote d'lvoire
167(16)
F.H. Tra Bi
F.N'. Kouame
D. Traore
Logging and lianas in West Africa
183(20)
M.P.E. Parren
F. Doumbia
Climbers after logging: the case of Haut-Sassandra
203(14)
F.N. Kouame
D. Traore
F. Bongers
L. Poorter
Management of climbers in the forests of West Africa
217(14)
M.P.E. Parren
F. Bongers
Checklist of climber species in Upper Guinea 231(34)
C.C.H. Jongkind
Authors, photographers & designers 265(2)
Index 267

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"Climbing plants, including lianas, represent a fascinating component of the ecology of tropical forests. This book focuses on the climbing plants of West African forests. Based on original research, it presents information on the flora (including a checklist), diversity (with overviews at several levels of integration), ecology (distribution, characteristics in relation to environment, their role in forest ecosystems) and ethnobotany. Forestry aspects, such as their impact on tree growth and development, and the effects of forestry interventions on climbers are also covered. This book will be of significant interest to those researching and studying in the areas of forestry and plant ecology."--BOOK JACKET.

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