Bioclimatology and Biogeography of Africa

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 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.

List of contents

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

Summary

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 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.

Product details

• Authors: Henry N Houérou, Henry N. Houérou, Henry N. Le Houérou
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2011
• EAN: 9783642098932
• ISBN: 978-3-642-09893-2
• No. of pages: 241
• Weight: 390 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 241 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; B, Ökologie, Biosphäre, Naturkatastrophen, Zoologie und Tierwissenschaften, Pflanzenbiologie, Agrarwissenschaften, Meteorologie und Klimatologie (Klimaforschung), Ecology, Zoology & animal sciences, Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Science, Meteorology & climatology, Plant Ecology, Botany & plant sciences, Earth System Sciences, Geobiology, Biogeosciences, Agricultural science, Animal Ecology, Natural disasters, Natural Hazards, Climatology, Climate Sciences, Animal Migration