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

Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Management
ISBN-10
085199914X
ISBN-13
9780851999142
Category
Science
Pages
273
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
CABI
Authors
Frans Bongers, Marc P. E. Parren, Dossahua Traoré

Description

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.

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