Biogeography of West African gallery forests
- Gallery forests (GFs) are floristically and functionally distinct forests along rivers and watercourses. The GFs of the West African savannas form thin stripes with a particular, species-rich flora differing significantly from the surrounding vegetation. Due to their relative isolation in the savannas and their dependence on rivers, GFs are particularly endangered by the expected global climate changes in the 21st century. Despite their high diversity, little is known about the ecology and biogeography of GFs in West Africa. Especially, their response to climate changes and their vegetation dynamics remain largely unknown. This thesis combines floristic, phylo-geographic and ecological data to investigate the biodiversity, historical and recent biogeography and conservation status of GF species in Burkina Faso (BFA) as a model for West Africa.
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Dissertation Ivana Kirchmair
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| Author: | Ivana Kirchmair |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-445364 |
| Place of publication: | Frankfurt am Main |
| Referee: | Friedemann SchrenkORCiDGND, Meike PiepenbringORCiDGND |
| Document Type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2017/10/13 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2017 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Granting Institution: | Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität |
| Date of final exam: | 2017/09/29 |
| Release Date: | 2017/10/13 |
| Page Number: | XII, 199 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 417773188 |
| Institutes: | Biowissenschaften / Institut für Ökologie, Evolution und Diversität |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Sammlung Biologie / Biologische Hochschulschriften (Goethe-Universität) | |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
