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

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 …

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 …

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 …

La these de doctorat n! sumee ici a ete soutenue publiquement le vendredi 17 juin 2005 a
I'Universite Libre de Bruxelles. Le jury ayant juge Ia valeur du travail etait compose des …

 Abstract Annonaceae is a major pantropical family with 113 genera and about 2550
species. Cameroon is one of the most biodiverse countries in Africa but its flora remains …