Biogeography and Ecology of the Rain Forests of Eastern Africa
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521068983
ISBN-13
9780521068987
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 31st, 2008
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
682 grams
Dimensions
24.70 x 18.10 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
Ecological science, the BiosphereForests and woodlandForests, rainforestsBiogeography
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The relics of the former Pan-African rain forest which have survived in East Africa provide a unique insight into tropical evolutionary processes. This book brings together research on the area's animals, plants and geography, and highlights the need for effective management practices to conserve its exceptional biodiversity.
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.
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