Floristic evidence for alternative biome states in tropical Africa.

Autor: Aleman JC; Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.; Département de Géographie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H2V 0B3, Canada., Fayolle A; Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium; adeline.fayolle@uliege.be., Favier C; Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution-Montpellier, CNRS, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Université de Montpellier, 34000 Montpellier, France., Staver AC; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520., Dexter KG; School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Edinburgh, United Kingdom.; Tropical Diversity Section, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, EH3 5LR Edinburgh, United Kingdom., Ryan CM; School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Edinburgh, United Kingdom., Azihou AF; Laboratory of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Benin., Bauman D; Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, OX1 3QY Oxford, United Kingdom.; Plant Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium., Te Beest M; Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.; Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University, 6031 Port Elizabeth, South Africa.; Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node, South African Environmental Observation Network, 3201 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa., Chidumayo EN; Makeni Savanna Research Project, Ridgeway, 1001 Lusaka, Zambia., Comiskey JA; Inventory and Monitoring Program, National Park Service, Fredericksburg, VA 22405.; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20002., Cromsigt JPGM; Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.; Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University, 6031 Port Elizabeth, South Africa.; Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden., Dessard H; Forêts et Sociétés, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Développement, Université de Montpellier, 34000 Montpellier, France.; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Développement, Forêts et Sociétés, 34398 Montpellier, France., Doucet JL; Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium., Finckh M; Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology of Plants, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, 22609 Hamburg, Germany., Gillet JF; Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium., Gourlet-Fleury S; Forêts et Sociétés, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Développement, Université de Montpellier, 34000 Montpellier, France.; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Développement, Forêts et Sociétés, 34398 Montpellier, France., Hempson GP; Centre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 2000 Johannesburg, South Africa., Holdo RM; Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602., Kirunda B; Wildlife Conservation Society, Kampala, Uganda., Kouame FN; Nature Sciences Unit, University Nangui Abrogoua, 31 BP 165 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire., Mahy G; Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium., Gonçalves FMP; Herbário do Lubango, Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla, C.P. 230 Lubango, Angola., McNicol I; School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Edinburgh, United Kingdom., Quintano PN; School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Edinburgh, United Kingdom., Plumptre AJ; Wildlife Conservation Society, Kampala, Uganda.; Head Key Biodiversity Area Secretariat, c/c BirdLife International, CB2 3QZ Cambridge, United Kingdom.; Conservation Science Group, Zoology Department, Cambridge University, CB2 3EJ Cambridge, United Kingdom., Pritchard RC; School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Edinburgh, United Kingdom.; Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom., Revermann R; Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology of Plants, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, 22609 Hamburg, Germany.; Faculty of Natural Resources and Spatial Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia., Schmitt CB; Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany.; Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany., Swemmer AM; South African Environmental Observation Network, SAEON Ndlovu Node, Phalaborwa, 1390, South Africa., Talila H; Department of Ecotourism and Biodiversity Conservation, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource, Madda Walabu University, Bale Robe, Ethiopia., Woollen E; School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Edinburgh, United Kingdom., Swaine MD; Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, AB24 3FX Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

Publikováno v: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A] 2020 Nov 10; Vol. 117 (45), pp. 28183-28190. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 27.