Jon C. Lovett / Samuel K. Wasser (eds.)

Biogeography and Ecology of the Rain Forests of Eastern Africa

Herausgeber: Jon C., Lovett; Wasser, Samuel K.; Lovett, Jon C.

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of the relics of Africa's ancient forests which provides insights into tropical evolutionary processes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 681g
• ISBN-13: 9780521068987
• ISBN-10: 0521068983
• Artikelnr.: 23887728

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Overview of the biogeography and ecology of the
rain forests of eastern Africa S. K. Wasser and J. C. Lovett; 2. The
geological evolution of east Africa C. J. Griffiths; 3. Climatic history
and forest distribution in eastern Africa J. C. Lovett; Part II. Forest
Flora of Eastern Africa: 4. Eastern Arc moist forest flora J. C. Lovett; 5.
East African coastal forest botany W. D. Hawthorne; Part III. Forest Fauna
of Eastern Africa: 6. Biogeography of the east African montane forest
millipedes R. L. Hoffman; 7. The lynyphiid fauna (araneae: lynyphiidae) of
the forests in the Eastern Arc mountains N. Scharff; 8. The montane
butterflies of eastern Africa R. De Jong and C. E. Congdon; 9. Herpetofauna
of the eastern African forests K. M. Howell; 10. The zoogeography of the
montane forest avifauna of Eastern Tanzania S. N. Stuart; 11. Mammals in
the forests of eastern Africa J. Kingdon and K. M. Howell; 12. Ecology of
the Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey, Colobus badius kirkii (Gray, 1968), in
comparison with other red colobines F. A. Omari; 13. The socioecology of
interspecific associations among the monkeys of the Mwanihana rain forest,
Tanzania: a biogeographic perspective S. K. Wasser; Part IV. Conservation:
14. The conservation of the forest resources of eastern Africa: past
influences, present practices and future needs W. A. Rodgers.