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050	0	0	_aQH195.A23 _bB56 1993
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245	0	0	_aBiogeography and ecology of the rain forests of eastern Africa / _cedited by Jon C. Lovett and Samuel K. Wasser.
246	3		_aBiogeography & Ecology of the Rain Forests of Eastern Africa
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1993.
300			_a1 online resource (ix, 341 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aIntroduction to the biogeography and ecology of the rain forests of eastern Africa -- The geological evolution of East Africa -- Climatic history and forest distribution in eastern Africa -- Eastern Arc moist forest flora -- East African coastal forest botany -- Biogeography of East African montane forest millipedes -- The Linyphiid spider fauna (Araneae: Linyphiidae) of mountain forests in the Eastern Arc mountains -- The montane butterflies of the eastern Afrotropics -- Herpetofauna of the eastern African forests -- The zoogeography of the montane forest avifauna of eastern Tanzania -- Mammals in the forests of eastern Africa -- Ecology of the Zanzibar red colobus monkey, Colobus badius Kirkii (Gray,1968), in comparison with other red colobines -- The socioecology of interspecific associations among the monkeys of the Mwanihana rain forest, Tanzania: a biogeographic perspective -- The conservation of the forest resources of eastern Africa: past influences, present practices and future needs.
520			_aEastern African rain forests are remarkable in their high level of endemism. Miocene uplift of the central African plateau separated these montane and coastal forests from the main Guineo-Congolian forest of west and central Africa. Since then, stable Indian Ocean temperatures maintained a region of high rainfall throughout Pleistocene droughts that devastated forest elsewhere on the continent. Relics of the former Pan-African rain forest survived here, the study of which provides a unique insight into tropical evolutionary processes. This book brings together research on the animals, plants and geography of this intriguing residual forest, and highlights the need for effective management practices to conserve its exceptional biodiversity in the face of increasing pressure for land for cultivation.
650		0	_aRain forest ecology _zAfrica, Eastern.
650		0	_aRain forest animals _zAfrica, Eastern.
650		0	_aRain forest plants _zAfrica, Eastern.
650		0	_aRain forests _zAfrica, Eastern.
650		0	_aRain forest animals _zAfrica, Eastern _xGeographical distribution.
650		0	_aRain forest plants _zAfrica, Eastern _xGeographical distribution.
700	1		_aLovett, Jon, _eeditor.
700	1		_aWasser, Samuel K., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521430838
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511895692
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