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Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment

Neil Burgess, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma C. Underwood, Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, Illanga Itoua, Jan Schipper, Taylor H. Ricketts, Kate Newman

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This is an assessment of biodiversity patterns, threats to biodiversity, and resulting conservation priorities across the African continent and its islands. Looking at biodiversity and threats in terms of biological rather than political units, the book offers an examination of African biodiversity across all biomes and multiple taxonomic groups.

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This is an assessment of biodiversity patterns, threats to biodiversity, and resulting conservation priorities across the African continent and its islands. Looking at biodiversity and threats in terms of biological rather than political units, the book offers an examination of African biodiversity across all biomes and multiple taxonomic groups.

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This is an assessment of biodiversity patterns, threats to biodiversity, and resulting conservation priorities across the African continent and its islands. Looking at biodiversity and threats in terms of biological rather than political units, the book offers an examination of African biodiversity across all biomes and multiple taxonomic groups.

Key concepts: Biodiversity, Biome, Geography, Biodiversity conservation, Politics, Ecology, Environmental resource management, Agroforestry

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