Title: Edge of Africa /
Authors: Ward, Carlton,; Lee, Michelle.; Dallmeier, Francisco; Alonso, Alfonso; Smithsonian Institution.; Conservation and Research Center (National Zoological Park)
Publisher: Hylas Pub. ; Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park, Conservation and Research Center, SI/MAB Biodiversity Program ; Distributed by St. Martin's Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Natural history Gabon Pictorial works.; Biodiversity Gabon.; Gabon Pictorial works.
Abstract: Provides color photographs and descriptions of the plants, animals, people, and industry of the Gamba Complex of Protected Areas in the Republic of Gabon on the western coast of Africa, just below the equator, which includes tropical rain forest, prairie and woodlot, rivers and lagoons, and beach habitats. Text in English and French.
Contents: Forewords/préfaces -- Introduction -- Biodiversity/biodiversité -- Coastal realm/Le Royaume du Littoral -- Birds/ les oiseaux -- Grasslands/les savanes -- Reptiles/les reptiles -- Inland waters/eaux intérieures -- Fish/les poissons -- Vegetation/a végétation -- Rainforest/a forêt tropicale humide -- Amphibians/les amphibiens -- Oil industry & biodiversity/indudustrie pétroliè et bidiversité -- Large mammals/les grands mammifè -- Small mammals/les petits mammifères -- People of Gamba/ le êtres humains -- Arthropods/les arthropodes -- Research/la recherche -- Afterwords/postfaces -- Notes on photography/notes sur la photographie -- Bibliography/la bibliographie -- Achnowledgements/les remerciements.