African Biodiversity

Author : Bernhard A. Huber,Bradley J. Sinclair,Karl-Heinz Lampe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387243207

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African Biodiversity by Bernhard A. Huber,Bradley J. Sinclair,Karl-Heinz Lampe Pdf

In May 2004, the Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum hosted the Fifth International Symposium on Tropical Biology. This series was established at the ZFMK in the early 1980s, and has variably focused on systematics and ecology of tropical organisms, with an emphasis on Africa. Previous volumes are those edited by Schuchmann (1985), Peters and Hutterer (1990), Ulrich (1997), and Rheinwald (2000). The symposium in 2004 was organized by the Entomology Department under the direction of Michael Schmitt. The intention was to focus on Africa rather than on a particular taxon, and to highlight biodiversity at all levels ranging from molecules to ecosystems. This focus was timely partly because of the currently running BIOTA Africa programmes (BIOdiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa). BIOTA is an interdisciplinary research project focusing on sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity in Africa (http://www.biote-africa.de). Session titles were Biogeography and Speciation Processes, Phylogenetic Patterns and Systematics, Diversity Declines and Conservation, and Applied Biodiversity Informatics. Each session was opened by an invited speaker, and all together 77 lectures and 59 posters were presented. There were over 200 participants and it was gratifying to us to meet colleagues from 26 nations, including Russia, Ukraine, Japan, USA, and ten African countries. We thank all participants for their valuable contributions.

Author : Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781847559487

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Aspects of African Biodiversity by Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain) Pdf

The proceedings of the Pan Africa Chemistry Network Biodiversity Conference which connected African scientists and provides a valuable overview of biodiversity in Africa.

Author : Richard Primack,Johnny W. Wilson
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781783747535

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Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa by Richard Primack,Johnny W. Wilson Pdf

Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa comprehensively explores the challenges and potential solutions to key conservation issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Easy to read, this lucid and accessible textbook includes fifteen chapters that cover a full range of conservation topics, including threats to biodiversity, environmental laws, and protected areas management, as well as related topics such as sustainability, poverty, and human-wildlife conflict. This rich resource also includes a background discussion of what conservation biology is, a wide range of theoretical approaches to the subject, and concrete examples of conservation practice in specific African contexts. Strategies are outlined to protect biodiversity whilst promoting economic development in the region. Boxes covering specific themes written by scientists who live and work throughout the region are included in each chapter, together with recommended readings and suggested discussion topics. Each chapter also includes an extensive bibliography. Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa provides the most up-to-date study in the field. It is an essential resource, available on-line without charge, for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a handy guide for professionals working to stop the rapid loss of biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.

Author : S. N. Stuart,Richard J. Adams,Martin Jenkins
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN : 2831700213

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Biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Islands by S. N. Stuart,Richard J. Adams,Martin Jenkins Pdf

Author : W.D. Newmark
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662048726

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Conserving Biodiversity in East African Forests by W.D. Newmark Pdf

Tanzania is one of the most biologically diverse nations in the world. Traveling from west to east across Tanzania, one encounters an incredible array of ecosystems and species. Beginning at Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, and Nyasa that form much of the western boundary of Tanzania, one finds the most diverse and some of the most spectacular concentrations of endemic fish in any of the world's lakes. Moving further inland from the lakes, one meets the woodlands and plains of Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, and Lake Manyara. The assemblages and movements of large mammals in these protected areas are unparalleled worldwide. Traveling yet further to the east, one comes to Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Mount Kilimanjaro is of sufficient height to not only contain seven major vegetation zones, but also maintain permanent glaciers. Finally, shortly before arriving at the Indian Ocean, one encounters the Eastern Arc Mountains, a series of isolated and geologically ancient mountains, which due to their height and proximity to the Indian Ocean intercept sufficient precipitation to support, in many areas, moist tropical forest. The Eastern Arc Mountains are among the richest sites biologically in all of Africa and harbor unusually high concentrations of endemic species - species whose geographic distribution are restricted to these mountains. Unfortunately, much of Tanzania's biodiversity is threatened by habitat alteration, destruction, and exploitation. The Eastern Arc forests face some of the most severe threats to any of Tanzania's biologically unique sites.

Author : Eric O. Odada,Daniel O. Olago
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402007729

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The East African Great Lakes: Limnology, Palaeolimnology and Biodiversity by Eric O. Odada,Daniel O. Olago Pdf

The Second International Symposium on the East African Lakes was held from 10-15 January 2000 at Club Makokola on the southern shore of Lake Malawi. The symposium was organized by the International Decade for the East African Lakes (IDEAL), a research consortium of African, European and North American scientists interested in promoting the investigations of African Great Lakes as archives of environmental and climatic dynamics. Over one hundred African, European and North American scientists with special expertise in the tropical lakes participated in the symposium which featured compelling presentations on the limnology, climatology, palaeoclimatology and biodiversity of the East African Lakes. It is their papers that comprise this book. The large lakes of East Africa are important natural resources that are heavily utilized by their bordering countries for transportation, water supply, fisheries, waste disposal, recreation and tourism. The lakes are unique in many ways: they are sensitive to climatic change and their circulation dynamics, water-column chemistry and biological complexity differ significantly from large lakes at higher latitudes; they have long, continuous, high resolution records of past climatic change; and they have rich and diverse populations of endemic organisms. These unique properties and the significance of the palaeolimnological records demand and attract research interest from around the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011605669

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African Biodiversity by Anonim Pdf

Author : T. Pullaiah
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780429891854

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Global Biodiversity by T. Pullaiah Pdf

This is the third volume in the new multi-volume set, Global Biodiversity. Each volume in this series covers the biodiversity of a selection of nations in particular regions of the world. The volumes discuss and summarize the available information on both wild and cultivated plants, wild and domesticated animals, and the variety of microbes of the different nations. This volume looks at the biodiversity of selected countries of Africa, providing a rich resource of biodiversity information on countries in different parts of Africa, including: Libya, Morocco, and Egypt in North Africa countries on the east coast, including Gabon, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Togo, Senegal land-locked countries, including Burkina Faso and Zambia, countries on the west coast, including Sudan, Tanzania and South Africa With chapters written by research scientists and conservationists, the book covers geographical status, ecosystem diversity, species diversity, genetic diversity, and conservation efforts in each selected country. The authors provide statistical data on plants, animals, and microbes of that country along with genetic diversity with the focus on crop plants/cultivated plants and domesticated animals and their wild relatives. Endangered plants and animals and protected areas are discussed. Other volumes in this series include coverage of selected countries in Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Australia.

Author : L. Poorter,F. Bongers,F. N. Kouame,W. D. Hawthorne
Publisher : CABI
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780851999517

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Biodiversity of West African Forests by L. Poorter,F. Bongers,F. N. Kouame,W. D. Hawthorne Pdf

The rain forests of West Africa have been designated as one of the world's hotspots of biodiversity. They extend from Ghana to Senegal and are referred to as the Upper Guinean forests. Because of their isolated position, they harbour a large number of rare and endemic animal and plant species.This book focuses on the biodiversity and ecology of these forests. It analyses the factors that give rise to biodiversity and structure tropical plant communities. It also includes an atlas with ecological profiles of rare plant species and large timber species.

Author : Sylvester Chibueze Izah
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811933264

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Biodiversity in Africa: Potentials, Threats and Conservation by Sylvester Chibueze Izah Pdf

This edited work brings out a comprehensive collection of information on Potentials, Threats and Conservation of Biodiversity in Africa. The main focus of this book is to address the sustainability of Biodiversity of Africa. Biodiversity are organisms that typically have life and possess the characteristics of living things. The biodiversity is being affected by human activities as well as natural effects. This in turn is affecting the uses of biodiversity which are mainly food and medicine. Therefore it will be useful to point possible means of conserving biodiversity of African so as to enhance the sustainability of their uses especially in Africa. This book is of interest and useful to biodiversity experts, policy makers, conservationists and industries interested in biodiversity conservation of native flora and fauna in the area. It will also be useful to environmental and agricultural scientists, foresters, horticulturists, ecologists, and valuable source of reference to the relevant researchers and students (undergraduate and Post graduate) in the region.

Author : Lúıs Catarino,Maria M. Romeiras
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783039435319

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Biodiversity of Vegetation and Flora in Tropical Africa by Lúıs Catarino,Maria M. Romeiras Pdf

African ecosystems comprise a wealthy repository of biodiversity, with a high proportion of native and endemic plant species, which makes them biologically unique and providers of a wide range of ecosystem services. A large part of African populations, in both rural and urban areas, depend on plants for their survival and welfare, but many ecosystems are being degraded, mostly due to the growing impacts of climate change and other anthropogenic actions and environmental problems. Loss of habitat and biodiversity affects livelihoods, water supply and food security and reduces the resilience of ecosystems in the African continent. The knowledge about the great African plant and ecosystem diversity, and the structure, composition and processes involved in vegetation dynamics, is crucial to promote their sustainable use and to preserve one of the most understudied regions in the world. This Special Issue aimed to gather contributions that update and improve such knowledge.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015059591936

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Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar by Anonim Pdf

As part of a global effort to identify those areas where conservation measures are needed most urgently, World Wildlife Fund has assembled teams of scientists to conduct ecological assessments of all five continents. Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar is the latest contribution, presenting in a single volume the first comprehensive assessment of biodiversity patterns, threats to biodiversity, and resulting conservation priorities across the African continent and its islands. Looking at biodiversity and threats in terms of biological units rather than political units, the book offers a comprehensive examination of African biodiversity across all biomes and multiple taxonomic groups. In addition to the seven main chapters, the book includes twenty essays by regional experts that provide more depth on key issues, as well as nine detailed appendixes that present summary data used in the analyses, specific analytical methodologies, and a thorough text description for each of Africa's 119 terrestrial ecoregions. Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar provides a blueprint for conservation action and represents an unparalleled guide for investments and activities of conservation agencies and donor organizations.

Author : L.J.G. Van der Maesen,X.M. van der Burgt,J.M. van Medenbach de Rooy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1996-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0792340957

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The Biodiversity of African Plants by L.J.G. Van der Maesen,X.M. van der Burgt,J.M. van Medenbach de Rooy Pdf

The book includes papers on monographs and databases, on diversity of succulents, on various regions such as savannas, lowland rain forests and arid regions, on ecology and conservation, on generic delimitations in flowering plants, and on glacial forest refuges that influence the pattern of present-day floristic composition. Some reports on floral biology and the uses of African plants conclude these proceedings. The book is intended for readers in all disciplines of botany, vegetation science, forestry and nature management in Africa.

Author : E. G. E. Brooks,W. R. T. Darwall
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9782831713267

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The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Central Africa by E. G. E. Brooks,W. R. T. Darwall Pdf

One of the main reasons cited for inadequate representation of biodiversity in the development processes is a lack of readily available information on inland water taxa. In response to this need for basic for information on species, the IUCN Species Programme conducted a regional assessment of the status and distribution of 2,261 taxa of freshwater fishes, molluscs, odonates, crabs and selected families of aquatic plants from throughout central Africa. This study is based on the collation and analysis of existing information, and the knowledge of regional experts.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251346778

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Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Mainstreaming across Agricultural Sectors in the African Region by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

This report introduces FAO’s work on biodiversity mainstreaming, including the regional consultation process that took place in 2018 and 2019. It particularly focuses on presenting the outcomes of the Regional Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Biodiversity Mainstreaming across Agricultural Sectors in the African Region, held in Kigali, Rwanda, in November 2019. This report presents the main topics addressed in its opening, plenary, and closing sessions; and highlights the most relevant regional needs, priorities, and recommendations identified by the meeting participants.