Project:BB|1372
- Title
- The inselberg flora of Atlantic Central Africa: vegetation description, ecology, biogeography and phylogenetic structure.
- Acronym
- URL
- http://www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/bota/theminsel.htm
- StartDate
- 1999-01-01
- EndDate
- 2005-09-01
- Amount
Abstract
Inselbergs are rocky outcrops standing out from encircling plains. Due to their edaphic properties, inselbergs in the rain forest landscape are xeric "habitat islands". Their vegetation contrasts strongly with the surrounding rain forest. I described the inselberg vegetation in Atlantic Central Africa using the phytosociological methodology. I identified the relative contributions of environmental determinism, dispersal limitation and historical factors in the spatial structure of the inselberg flora at the local and regional scales.
Keywords
terrestrial, flora, vegetation, tropical rain forests, botany, ecology, vegetation releves, vegetation analysis, Precambrian granite outcrops, natural grasslands, taxonomy, systematics, classification, nomenclature, forest ridges, savannas, inselbergs, plant communities, phytogeography, biogeography, distribution, chorology, nature conservation, Biogeography, Ecology, Systematics and taxonomy, Dry grasslands and steppes, Savannahs, Forests, Conservation, Systematics, Inventorying and Classification, Central Africa, tropical Africa, continental Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni, Niefang mountains, Monte Alen, Engong, vascular plants, Gabon, Cameroun
Classifications
Botany not elsewhere classified {Research discipline}
Ecology and Evolution {Research discipline}
Terrestrial Ecology {Research discipline}
Landscape Ecology {Research discipline}
Conservation and Biodiversity {Research discipline}
Management and Environment {Research discipline}
Conservation {Research discipline}
Ecosystem {Integration level}
Systematics, Inventorying and Classification {Research orientation}
Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable use of Biodiversity {Research orientation}
West-Central Tropical Africa {Geographical scope}
Cameroon {Geographical scope}
Equatorial Guinea {Geographical scope}
Gabon {Geographical scope}
Dry and Sub-humid Lands {Habitat type}
Forest {Habitat type}
Island {Habitat type}
Mountain {Habitat type}
In-situ Conservation {Research purpose}
People
| Name | Role | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parmentier, Ingrid | promotor | 1998-09-01 |
Orgunits
| Name | Role | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service de botanique systématique et phytosociologie | unknown | ||
| Evolution Biologique et Ecologie | member | 1999-01-01 | 2005-09-01 |
| Herbarium and Library of African Botany | member | 1999-01-01 | 2005-09-01 |
Publications
| Reference | Role |
|---|---|
| Parmentier I., Hardy O.J. (2009). The impact of ecological differentiation and dispersal limitation on species turnover and phylogenetic structure of inselberg’s plant communities. Ecography 32: 613-622. | author |
| Parmentier I. & Mueller J.V. (2006). Grasslands and herbaceous fringes on inselbergs in Atlantic central Africa. Phytocoenologia 36(4): 565-597. | author |
| Parmentier I., Oumorou M., Porembski S., Lejoly J. & Decocq G. (2006). Ecology, distribution, and classification of xeric monocotyledonous mats on inselbergs in West Africa and Atlantic central Africa. Do the inselberg species' socio-ecology and distribution differ according to the surrounding matrix vegetation? Phytocoenologia 36(4): 547-564. | author |
| Parmentier I., Oumorou M., Pauwels L. & Lejoly J. (2006) Comparison of the Ecology and distribution of the Poaceae flora on inselbergs embedded in savannah (Benin) and in rain forest (western central Africa). Belgian Journal of Botany. 139 (1) : 65-77. | author |
| Pollard B.J., Paton A.J. & Parmentier I. (2006). Plectranthus inselbergi (Labiatae): a new species from Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni) and Gabon, with notes on other West African species of Plectranthus. Kew Bulletin 61(2): 225-230. | author |
| Parmentier I., Stévart T. & O.J. Hardy (2005). The inselberg flora of Atlantic Central Africa I. Determinants of species assemblages. Journal of Biogeography 32: 685-696. | author |
| Parmentier I. (2005). Ecology and Distribution of Melastomataceae in African Rain Forest Inselbergs. Biotropica, 37(3): 363-371. | author |
| Degreef J., Parmentier I., Ngok L. & E. Robbrecht (2006). Ecology of Rubiaceae on central African inselbergs. In: S.A. Ghazanfar & H.J. Beentje. Taxonomy and ecology of African plants, their conservation and sustainable use, pp. 391-406. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. | author |
| Champluvier D., Parmentier I., Ngok L. & Lejoly J. (2003). New taxa in Acanthaceae from inselbergs and rainforest in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Syst. Geog. Pl. 73: 209-214. | author |
| Parmentier I. (2003). Study of the vegetation composition in three inselbergs from Continental Equatorial Guinea (Western central Africa): effects of site, soil factors and position relative to the lower or upper forest fringe. Belgian Journal of Botany 136 (1):63-72. | author |
| Parmentier I. (2001). Premières études sur la diversité végétale des inselbergs de Guinée Equatoriale continentale. Proceedings du XVIè congrès de l'AETFAT. Syst. Geog. Pl. 71 (2), 911-922. | author |
| Parmentier I., Lejoly J. & Nguema N. (2001). La végétation des inselbergs du monument naturel de Piedra Nzas (Guinée Equatoriale continentale). Acta Botanica Gallica 148 (4), 341-365. | author |
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