Terrestrial ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: a conservation assessment
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| adam_text | Terrestrial Ecoregions
of Africa and Madagascar
A Conservation Assessment
Neil Burgess
Jennifer D Amico Hales
Emma Underwood
Eric Dinerstein
David Olson
lllanga Itoua
Jan Schipper
Taylor Ricketts
Kate Newman
World Wildlife Fund
United States
ISLAND PRESS
Washington • Covelo • London
Contents
List of Special Essays / ix
List of Figures / xi
List of Tables / xiii
List of Boxes / xv
Acronyms / xvii
Preface / xix
Acknowledgments / xxi
Introduction / 1
1 The Forces That Shaped Wild Africa / 5
The Unique Natural Heritage of Africa / 6
Challenges to Conserving Africa / 10
Conservation Planning in Africa / 13
2 Beyond Political Boundaries:
A Conservation Map of Africa / 17
Ecoregions / 17
Grouping Ecoregions into Broader Frameworks / 19
Other Classification Schemes / 28
3 Setting Priorities: The Race against Time / 37
The History of Setting Conservation Priorities / 37
Analytical Approach / 38
Biological Distinctiveness Index (BDI) / 39
Conservation Status Index (CSI) / 42
Integrating Biological Distinctiveness and
Conservation Status / 43
4 From Fynbos to the Mountains of the Moon:
Ranking the Biological Value of Ecoregions / 45
Richness / 45
Endemism / 51
Combining Richness and Endemism / 56
Capturing More Than Richness and Endemism:
Ecological Features and Processes / 58
Overall Patterns of Biological Distinctiveness / 63
5 The Status of Wild Africa / 81
Current Status of Habitats / 81
Current Threat Patterns / 85
How Will the Patterns of Threat Change
in the Future? / 87
Which Ecoregions Will Become More Threatened
in the Near Future? / 88
6 Priorities, Realities, and the Race to Save
Wild Africa / 97
Where to Act First to Conserve Africa / 97
Portfolio of the Most Important Ecoregions / 102
Myths and Realities of African Conservation / 106
7 The Next Horizon: Large-Scale Conservation
in Africa / 137
Ecoregion-Scale Planning / 137
Ecoregion Planning / 140
Biodiversity Visions and Ecoregion
Action Programs / 144
Looking to the Future / 152
vii
Appendixes
A Hierarchical Classification of Ecoregions in Terms of
Biogeography and Habitats / 173
B Taxonomic Details and Sources of Species
Distribution Data / 179
C Quantifying Nonspecies Values of Ecoregions / 183
D Development of the Conservation Status
Index / 185
E Biological Data Used for the Ecoregion
Analysis / 189
F Nonspecies Biological Values of Ecoregions / 201
G Investigating Patterns of African Richness and
Endemism / 207
H Data Used in the Conservation Status
of Ecoregions / 211
I Ecoregion Descriptions / 219
Glossary / 427
Literature Cited / 433
Authors / 487
Contributing Essay Authors / 489
Index / 493
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