The biodiversity of the oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea is valued internationally for its
uniqueness and locally for its contribution to human welfare, but it is under growing …

Abstract Tropical forests in Central Africa host unique biodiversity threatened by human
degradation of habitats and defaunation. Forests allocated to conservation, production and …

Abstract In Central Africa, local populations are deeply dependent on tropical forests, which
provide numerous ecosystem services (ES). For the first time in Central Africa, we assessed …

The oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea (Príncipe, São Tomé, and Annobón) are an
exceptional centre of endemism for fiora and fauna. Remarkable progress has been made in …

The oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea display a large diversity of environmental
conditions and biological communities, whose interactions have contributed to the …

Although birds have always been one of the best-known taxa on the Gulf of Guinea oceanic
islands, our understanding of their ecology and evolution has increased substantially in the …

Despite a long history of botanical collecting in the three oceanic islands of the Gulf of
Guinea, no recent studies have documented fioristic patterns. This chapter summarizes …

Nearly five centuries of human presence on the islands of the Gulf of Guinea have
considerably marked the landscape with the replacement of natural habitats by roças …

The oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea are known for their remarkable endemic species
richness, and the terrestrial Mollusca group is particularly distinctive. This chapter …

Les phénomènes massifs de déforestation et dégradation forestière qui se sont produits
dans les autres bassins forestiers tropicaux (Asie du Sud-Est et Amazonie) au siècle dernier …