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Bioclimatology and Biogeography of Africa

By Henry N. Le Houerou

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
3540851917, 9783540851912, 9783540851929
LCC
QH543 .L456 2009
Open Library ID
OL24114914M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2939507 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
256\252
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Науки о Земле;Метеорология и климатология;Биоклима

Description

Covering an area of over 130 million km2 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 Hou?rou 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.

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