Book ID: 91745
Beentje, Henk and Solamao Bandeira
Field Guide to the Mangrove Trees of Africa and Madagascar, with maps by Justin Moat. 2007. illus. 91 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Under threat from rising sea levels, pollution and urbanisation, the mangrove swamps of the African coasts are still largely uncharted. Concentrating on the true mangrove trees, trees that have some specific adaptation to their ecological conditions, this in an identification- and geographic guide of all species found along the African and Madagascan coastlines. An essential feature of the book is the very detailed distribution maps.