Title: Le Peuplement Animal du Mont Nimba (Guinée, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia)<i>Le peuplement animal du Mont Nimba</i>(<i>Guinée, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia</i>) edited by M. Lamotte & R. Roy . Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 190.2003. Pp. 724. Price: €137 (hardback). Publications scientifiques du Muséum, Paris. ISBN 2 85653 554 2
Abstract:Mount Nimba, straddling the borders of three countries, is one of only three peaks (the other two are in Sierra Leone) above 1500 m in tropical West Africa to the west of Mount Cameroon. Thus it has m...Mount Nimba, straddling the borders of three countries, is one of only three peaks (the other two are in Sierra Leone) above 1500 m in tropical West Africa to the west of Mount Cameroon. Thus it has many faunal elements distinct from the adjacent lowland areas. Despite a long history of biological research and the declaration of a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site in 1981, uncontrolled hunting, and open-cast iron ore mining on the Liberian side, has had devastating effects on the environment.Read More
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
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