Field Guide to Acacias of East Africa

Field Guide to Acacias of East Africa
Author: Najma Dharani
Publisher: Struik Publishers
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2006
Genre: Acacia
ISBN: 9781770071742

This title is a field guide to all 62 of the acacia tree species occurring in the East African region, namely Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Palgrave's Trees of Southern Africa

Palgrave's Trees of Southern Africa
Author: Keith Coates Palgrave
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages: 2589
Release: 2015-09-18
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1920572740

This third edition of Trees of Southern Africa has been updated, revised and expanded by Meg Coates Palgrave. It features new simplified keys based on leaf characteristics, and incorporates updated names, reclassifications and new species. All known indigenous trees and many naturalised aliens occurring in southern Africa, south of the Zambezi-Cunene rivers, are included. Accompanying the descriptions are comprehensively revised maps reflecting up-to-date distribution, and drawings of a characteristic leaf and / or fruit. Other features incllude English and Afrikaans common names, notes on medicinal or magical properties and an illustrated glossary. A comprehensive, user-friendly guide, it will appeal to tree enthusiasts and professional botanists across the sub-continent.

A Field Guide to the Acacias of Kenya

A Field Guide to the Acacias of Kenya
Author: Malcolm James Coe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1991
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

This guide describes, in pictures and words, all the different types of acacia trees that are such a distinctive feature of the Kenyan landscape. It shows both floral and vegetative characteristics - bark, leaves, pods, seeds - so that identification can easily be made even when the trees arenot in flower. This will be a valuable companion to anyone visiting or living in East Africa, and also to professional botanists, foresters, and ecologists. There are forty-four species of acacia in Kenya, out of twelve-hundred species globally, but they are of particular interest because they are both used by the local people and eaten by the wildlife. Acacias are also suited to commercial farming in arid conditions, which may be important if warmingtrends continue. The authors provide clear explanations of botanical terms, detailed field keys, and instructions for using the keys. No previous knowledge of plant sciences is required to enjoy this authoritative guide.

Everyone's Guide to Trees of South Africa

Everyone's Guide to Trees of South Africa
Author: Keith Coates Palgrave
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2000
Genre: Trees
ISBN:

The entries, arranged in families, not only describe each tree's distribution, habitat and diagnostic features, but also give fascinating details of their ritual and medicinal uses.

Pure and Applied Biogeography

Pure and Applied Biogeography
Author: Levente Hufnagel
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2018-01-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9535137549

This book, Pure and Applied Biogeography, gives a very interesting report and overview about the frontiers of such parts of recent biogeographical research, which plays important roles in solving our most pressing global problems (biodiversity crisis, climate change, water issues, and sustainable agriculture). Our book consists of three sections: "Introduction", "Pure Biogeography and Global Patterns" and "Applied Biogeography and Regional Issues." After the introductory chapter, which is about the main branches and aims of biogeography in service of solving global problems, - we can find three chapters as parts of the first section. First chapter in this section is in close relation with the origin of biodiversity and conservation. The second and third chapters are about the biogeograhical aspects of climate change and biodiversity. In the second section of this book three applied biogeographical chapters can be found, which are related to agriculture, theoretical background of biological plant protection against herbivores, and regional patterns in ecological biogeography.