Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

Avian faunas vary greatly among montane areas; those at high latitudes are biologically
impoverished, whereas those of some low-latitude mountains are biologically very complex …

Linking biophysical aspects of ecosystems with human benefits through the notion of
ecosystem services is essential to assess the trade-offs (ecological, socio-cultural, economic …

Biodiversity assessment remains one of the most difficult challenges encountered by
ecologists and conservation biologists. This task is becoming even more urgent with the …

Aim To test whether it is possible to establish a common biogeographical regionalization for
plants and vertebrates in sub‐Saharan Africa (the Afrotropical Region), using objective …

We present a GIS method to interpret qualitatively expressed socio-economic scenarios in
quantitative map-based terms.(i) We built scenarios using local stakeholders and experts to …

Determining where species diversify (cradles) and persist (museums) over evolutionary time
is fundamental to understanding the distribution of biodiversity and for conservation …

Preserving tropical biodiversity is an urgent challenge when faced with the growing needs of
countries. Despite their crucial importance for terrestrial ecosystems, most tropical plant …

This study presents a global analysis of forest cover and forest protection. An updated
Global Forest Map (using MODIS2005) provided a current assessment of forest cover within …

Over the past 15 years the Tanzanian government has promoted participatory forest
management (both joint forest management and community-based forest management) as a …