Bioclimatology and Biogeography of Africa

2009
ISBN: 978-3-540-85191-2
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, 241 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 553 g

Covering an area of over 130 million km spanning the Mediterranean, equator and tropics, the African continent features a spectacular geographic diversity. Consequently, it is characterised by extremely variable climatic, edaphic and ecological conditions, associated with a wide range of natural vegetation and wildlife, as well as human population density, crops and livestock.

In this book, Henry Le Houérou presents his bioclimatic and biogeographic classification of Africa. The extensive data provide the basis for comparisons between various African regions, and with regions on other continents such as Latin America or the Indian subcontinent. The results constitute a rational basis for national, regional and sub-regional rural development planning, and for agricultural research dealing with aspects such as plant and animal introductions, the extrapolation or interpolation of experimental or developmental findings, and ecosystems dynamics. Possible problems of applications are also examined.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Houérou, Henry N.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Biogeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Aeronomie, Ionosphäre, Magnetosphäre
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Naturgewalten & Katastrophen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Bioclimatic Classification.- Land Degradation, Desertization and Rehabilitation.- Conclusions.