UID:
almafu_9960119118802883
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 341 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-89569-0
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction to the biogeography and ecology of the rain forests of eastern Africa -- The geological evolution of East Africa -- Climatic history and forest distribution in eastern Africa -- Eastern Arc moist forest flora -- East African coastal forest botany -- Biogeography of East African montane forest millipedes -- The Linyphiid spider fauna (Araneae: Linyphiidae) of mountain forests in the Eastern Arc mountains -- The montane butterflies of the eastern Afrotropics -- Herpetofauna of the eastern African forests -- The zoogeography of the montane forest avifauna of eastern Tanzania -- Mammals in the forests of eastern Africa -- Ecology of the Zanzibar red colobus monkey, Colobus badius Kirkii (Gray,1968), in comparison with other red colobines -- The socioecology of interspecific associations among the monkeys of the Mwanihana rain forest, Tanzania: a biogeographic perspective -- The conservation of the forest resources of eastern Africa: past influences, present practices and future needs.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-06898-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-43083-6
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511895692
