This paper reviews the significant advances by the diseases themselves, as well as by the
scientists, in the intervening period since the disease trilogy was first delimited in 1989. The …

Background Understanding the patterns of biodiversity distribution and what influences them
is a fundamental pre-requisite for effective conservation and sustainable utilisation of …

The diversity of vascular plants is very unevenly distributed across the globe. The five
centres that reach species richness of more than 5,000 spp./10,000 km2 (Costa Rica-Chocó …

Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a
major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial …

Aim To delineate bioregions in tropical Africa and determine whether different plant growth
forms (trees, terrestrial herbs, lianas and shrubs) display the same pattern of regionalization …

The rain forest region of the Gulf of Guinea considered in this volume extends along the
coast of the Bight of Biafra from the Niger River in Nigeria to the Sanaga River in Cameroon …

Written by leading international authors, this book presents a comprehensive review of
forests in mountain regions, and their sustainable development. Based on a report prepared …

Aim Tropical rain forests are often regarded as pristine and undisturbed by humans. In
Central Africa, community‐wide disturbances by natural causes are rare and therefore …

Vepris bali is the first known species of Vepris in WC Africa with opposite, trifoliolate leaves
and is further unusual for its long petiolules. Known only from Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve …

The forests and highlands along the southern portion of the Nigeria-Cameroon border and
on the island of Bioko have long been recognized as being biologically diverse. This region …