Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Management

by Frans Bongers

Climbing plants, including lianas, represent a fascinating component of the ecology of tropical forests. This book focuses on the climbing plants of West African forests. Based on original research, it presents information on the flora (including a checklist), diversity (with overviews at several levels of integration), ecology (distribution, characteristics in relation to environment, their role in forest ecosystems) and ethnobotany. Forestry aspects,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085199914X
• ISBN13: 9780851999142
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Cabi
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.6"