Biodiversity of Vegetation and Flora in Tropical Africa

• Other Authors: Catarino, Luís (Editor), Romeiras, Maria (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; ecotone; fire; forest core; habitat preference; Ngel Nyaki; niche partitioning; savannah; species sorting; torus translation; vegetation; aridification in NW Africa; Macaronesian islands; distribution patterns; West African Monsoon (WAM); vascular flora; African potato; conservation; commercialization; cultivation; Hypoxidaceae; medicinal plant; unsustainable harvesting; wild harvesting; woodland; miombo; savanna; diversity; disturbance; Baikiaea; biogeographic vicariance; extinction; phylogenomics; gene shopping; gene capture; molecular dating; Africa; biome; RADseq; Monechma; Justicia; phylogeny; plant diversity; Bia Tano Forest Reserve; gap; regeneration; species composition; species diversity; wildfires; MODIS burnt area product; WWF ecoregions; land cover; Miombo woodlands; biodiversity conservation; sub-Saharan Africa; flora; tropical biodiversity
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African ecosystems comprise a wealthy repository of biodiversity, with a high proportion of native and endemic plant species, which makes them biologically unique and providers of a wide range of ecosystem services. A large part of African populations, in both rural and urban areas, depend on plants...