Important Plant Areas in Southern Africa
Title | Important Plant Areas in Southern Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Tamara Jane Smith |
Publisher | |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Endangered plants |
ISBN |
Guide to Plant Families of Southern Africa
Title | Guide to Plant Families of Southern Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Marinda Koekemoer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Plants |
ISBN | 9781919976921 |
South Africa's Strategy for Plant Conservation
Title | South Africa's Strategy for Plant Conservation PDF eBook |
Author | Domitilla Raimondo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Plant conservation |
ISBN |
People's Plants
Title | People's Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Ben-Erik Van Wyk |
Publisher | Spotlight Poets |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
People's Plants is a photographic guide to the useful plants of Southern Africa. Traditional and contemporary uses of more than 650 plants are described and illustrated in 20 chapters, each dealing with a specific category of plant use. More than 530 photographs.
Vegetation of Southern Africa
Title | Vegetation of Southern Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Richard M. Cowling |
Publisher | |
Pages | 615 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780521571425 |
Comprehensive illustrated guide to plant science and ecology of southern African vegetation.
Gasterias of South Africa
Title | Gasterias of South Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Ernst J. van Jaarsveld |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN |
Biodiversity of Vegetation and Flora in Tropical Africa
Title | Biodiversity of Vegetation and Flora in Tropical Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Lúıs Catarino |
Publisher | MDPI |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2020-12-03 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3039435310 |
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.