Ebook932 pages24 hours
Woody Plants of Western African Forests: A Guide to the Forest Trees, Shrubs and Lianes from Senegal to Ghana
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Woody Plants of Western African Forests is an illustrated guide to the identification of 2200 trees, lianes and shrubs found in the forests of West Africa, from Senegal to Ghana. This is all the woody plants and more than 80% of the higher plants in the forests of this region, known to biogeographers as Upper Guinea. This represents 5% of all flowering plant genera in the world—1% of the species — so the book is relevant to anyone interested in tropical plants, especially but not only in the forests of tropical Africa.
Laid out as keys and with short descriptions of each species, it contains over 5,600 photographs, line drawings and maps. And, while many guides only offer hints to naming plants when they are not in flower, here the authors have based identification on leaves, bark, shoots, scent ,taste and other characters easily observed at most times.
Funded by the European Union, through its ECOSYN project (based at Wageningen University), which supports forest biodiversity and management in Upper Guinea, this magnificent, beautiful book is an indispensable reference for everyone committed to the conservation and sustainable development of Africa’s forest.
Laid out as keys and with short descriptions of each species, it contains over 5,600 photographs, line drawings and maps. And, while many guides only offer hints to naming plants when they are not in flower, here the authors have based identification on leaves, bark, shoots, scent ,taste and other characters easily observed at most times.
Funded by the European Union, through its ECOSYN project (based at Wageningen University), which supports forest biodiversity and management in Upper Guinea, this magnificent, beautiful book is an indispensable reference for everyone committed to the conservation and sustainable development of Africa’s forest.
Related to Woody Plants of Western African Forests
Related ebooks
The Genus Betula: A Taxonomic Revision of Birches Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Genus Macaranga - a Prodromus Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Genus Erythronium Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Genus Sorbus: mountain ash and other rowans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWildlife of Madagascar Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Algarve: Second Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsField Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Algarve Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInvasive Plants: Guide to Identification and the Impacts and Control of Common North American Species Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNightjars, Potoos, Frogmouths, Oilbird, and Owlet-nightjars of the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Animals of Kruger National Park Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOphrys: The Bee Orchids of Europe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCITES and Timber: A guide to CITES-listed tree species Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsField Guide to the Introduced Flora of South Georgia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPeonies of the World: Part III Phylogeny and Evolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOral Literature and Moral Education among the Lakeside Tonga of Northern Malawi: A Study of Tonga Culture in Northern Malawi Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnimals of the Masai Mara Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook: Second Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pocketguide to Upper Midwest Hatches Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBritain's Freshwater Fishes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlora of Iraq, Volume Five, Part Two: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBirds of Kenya's Rift Valley Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnimals of the Serengeti: And Ngorongoro Conservation Area Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Diagenesis, I Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Extraordinary Story of the Apple Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReady Reproducibles, Grades K - 1: Year-Round Instructional and Decorative Resources Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnne of green gables Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Psychic Roots of Disease: New Medicine (Color Edition) English Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A History of the Garden in Fifty Tools Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Science & Mathematics For You
Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Letter to Liberals: Censorship and COVID: An Attack on Science and American Ideals Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Crack In Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gulag Archipelago: The Authorized Abridgement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Big Book of Hacks: 264 Amazing DIY Tech Projects Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/52084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Activate Your Brain: How Understanding Your Brain Can Improve Your Work - and Your Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lies My Gov't Told Me: And the Better Future Coming Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Free Will Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Psychology of Totalitarianism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Systems Thinker: Essential Thinking Skills For Solving Problems, Managing Chaos, Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Science of Monsters: The Origins of the Creatures We Love to Fear Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related categories
Reviews for Woody Plants of Western African Forests
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Woody Plants of Western African Forests - W D Hawthorne
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1