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Covering an area of over 130 million km2 spanning the 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. Henry Le Houérou (Montpellier, France) For his substantial contribution to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), he was awarded a share of the Nobel Peace Prize bestowed on the IPCC in 2007 (equally with Al Gore and others).

dierenecologie --- General ecology and biosociology --- ecologie --- systematische plantkunde --- klimatologie --- meteorologie --- Meteorology. Climatology --- biogeografie --- landbouw --- Biogeography --- Agriculture. Animal husbandry. Hunting. Fishery --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Bioclimatology --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVECOLO LIVTERRE SPRINGER-B --- Climatology --- climatic factors --- Weather --- climatic zones --- vegetation. --- vegetation --- wild animals --- domestic animals --- Soil degradation --- Desertification. --- Desertification --- resource management --- Africa --- 551.586 --- 574.9 <6> --- 551.586 Biometeorology. Bioclimatology. Agroclimatoloy --- Biometeorology. Bioclimatology. Agroclimatoloy --- Areography (Biology) --- Geographical distribution of animals and plants --- Species --- Species distribution --- Biology --- Geography --- Bioclimatics --- Biometeorology --- Ecology --- 574.9 <6> Biogeography in general. Geographical distribution of organisms--Afrika --- Biogeography in general. Geographical distribution of organisms--Afrika --- Geographical distribution

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As climate change continues to dominate the international environmental agenda, phenology – the study of the timing of recurring biological events – has received increasing research attention, leading to an emerging consensus that phenology can be viewed as an ‘early warning system’ for climate change impact. A multidisciplinary science involving many branches of ecology, geography and remote sensing, phenology to date has lacked a coherent methodological text. This new synthesis, including contributions from many of the world’s leading phenologists, therefore fills a critical gap in the current biological literature. Providing critiques of current methods, as well as detailing novel and emerging methodologies, the book, with its extensive suite of references, provides readers with an understanding of both the theoretical basis and the potential applications required to adopt and adapt new analytical and design methods. An invaluable source book for researchers and students in ecology and climate change science, the book also provides a useful reference for practitioners in a range of sectors, including human health, fisheries, forestry, agriculture and natural resource management.

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