[en] Landscape Ecological Survey of the Bipindi-Akom II ... - ITTO
[en] Landscape Ecological Survey of the Bipindi-Akom II ... - ITTO
[en] Landscape Ecological Survey of the Bipindi-Akom II ... - ITTO
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ABSTRACT<br />
Gemerd<strong>en</strong>, van, B.S, G.W. Hazeu, 1999. <strong>Landscape</strong> <strong>Ecological</strong> <strong>Survey</strong> (1:100,000) o/<strong>the</strong> <strong>Bipindi</strong>-<strong>Akom</strong> lI-Lolodorf<br />
region, Southwest Cameroon. Wag<strong>en</strong>ing<strong>en</strong> (The Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands), Trop<strong>en</strong>bos-Cameroon Docum<strong>en</strong>ts 1,212 pp.; 13 Figs;<br />
14 Tables; 81 Refs; 6 Annexes.<br />
In Southwest Cameroon a reconnaissance reconnaissance scale survey <strong>of</strong> landforms, soils and vegetation was was carried carried out. The survey survey<br />
area covered some 167,000 ha. The altitudinal range was was 40 to 1,000 m.a.s.1. Landforms discerned are: mountains,<br />
complexes <strong>of</strong> hills, isolated hills, hilly and rolling uplands, dissected erosional plains, and floodplains. Four soil types<br />
were described, ranging from well drained drained very very clayey soils (in <strong>the</strong> mountain area) to to very poorly to poorly drained drained<br />
soils (on (on valley bottoms). The The sev<strong>en</strong> sev<strong>en</strong> main main vegetation types include include four types <strong>of</strong> primary to old secondary rain forest<br />
(bound to differ<strong>en</strong>t altitudinal zones), young secondary forest, swamp forest, and secondary shrubland. The patterns<br />
<strong>of</strong> landforms, soil types, and vegetation types are integrated into one 'landscape ecological' map (scale 1: 100,000). The<br />
leg<strong>en</strong>d has a hierarchical structure. It is based primarily on a subdivision in four altitudinal zones, secondly on<br />
landform, and finally on <strong>the</strong> degree <strong>of</strong> disturbance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> natural vegetation by shifting cultivation.<br />
Keywords: Africa, reconnaissance survey, rain forest, landforms, tropical soils, vegetation, altitudinal zonation.<br />
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