TY - BOOK ID - 133679579 TI - Biodiversity of Vegetation and Flora in Tropical Africa AU - Catarino, Luís AU - Romeiras, Maria PY - 2020 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Research & information: general KW - Biology, life sciences KW - ecotone KW - fire KW - forest core KW - habitat preference KW - Ngel Nyaki KW - niche partitioning KW - savannah KW - species sorting KW - torus translation KW - vegetation KW - aridification in NW Africa KW - Macaronesian islands KW - distribution patterns KW - West African Monsoon (WAM) KW - vascular flora KW - African potato KW - conservation KW - commercialization KW - cultivation KW - Hypoxidaceae KW - medicinal plant KW - unsustainable harvesting KW - wild harvesting KW - woodland KW - miombo KW - savanna KW - diversity KW - disturbance KW - Baikiaea KW - biogeographic vicariance KW - extinction KW - phylogenomics KW - gene shopping KW - gene capture KW - molecular dating KW - Africa KW - biome KW - RADseq KW - Monechma KW - Justicia KW - phylogeny KW - plant diversity KW - Bia Tano Forest Reserve KW - gap KW - regeneration KW - species composition KW - species diversity KW - wildfires KW - MODIS burnt area product KW - WWF ecoregions KW - land cover KW - Miombo woodlands KW - biodiversity conservation KW - sub-Saharan Africa KW - flora KW - tropical biodiversity UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133679579 AB - 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 for their survival and welfare, but many ecosystems are being degraded, mostly due to the growing impacts of climate change and other anthropogenic actions and environmental problems. Loss of habitat and biodiversity affects livelihoods, water supply and food security and reduces the resilience of ecosystems in the African continent. The knowledge about the great African plant and ecosystem diversity, and the structure, composition and processes involved in vegetation dynamics, is crucial to promote their sustainable use and to preserve one of the most understudied regions in the world. This Special Issue aimed to gather contributions that update and improve such knowledge. ER -