Guinean forest–savanna mosaic

De Guinean forest-savanna, wey dem fi term Guinean forest-savanna transition, be distinctive ecological region wey dey West Africa.Fairhead, James; Leach, Melissa (1996-10-17). Misreading the African Landscape. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139164023. ISBN 978-0-521-56353-6.Poorter, L.; Bongers, F.; Kouamé, F. N'.; Hawthorne, W. D., eds. (January 2004). Biodiversity of West African forests: an ecological atlas of woody plant species. UK: CABI Publishing. doi:10.1079/9780851997346.0000. ISBN 978-0-85199-734-6. Edey cover chaw countries for Africa here. E dey stretch across several countries wey dey include Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, den Cameroon. Dis region get some unique blend of forested areas den savannas, wey dey give diverse den dynamic landscape.

E be ecoregion for West Africa, bunch of interlaced forest, savanna, den grassland wey komot east to west wey dey divide de tropical moist forests wey dey near de coast from de West Sudanian savanna of de interior.

 Setting 
De Guinean forest–savanna mosaic dey cover 673,600 square kilometers (260,100 sq mi), wey stretch komot western Senegal to eastern Nigeria, den some portions of Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin den Cameroon."Guinean Forest-Savanna". One Earth. Retrieved 2023-03-24. De Cameroon Highlands of eastern Nigeria den Cameroon dey separate de Guinean forest–savanna mosaic from de Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic, wey dey de east.Fjeldsaå, J., & Lovett, J. C. (1997). Geographical patterns of old and young species in African forest biota: the significance of specific montane areas as evolutionary centres. Biodiversity & Conservation, 6, 325-346. De Dahomey Gap be region for Togo den Benin wey forest-savanna mosaic pull go de coast, den separate de Upper Guinean forests for Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, den Ghana from the Lower Guinean forests of Nigeria den Cameroon.Demenou, Boris B.; Piñeiro, Rosalía; Hardy, Olivier J. (May 2016). "Origin and history of the Dahomey Gap separating West and Central African rain forests: insights from the phylogeography of the legume tree Distemonanthus benthamianus". Journal of Biogeography. 43 (5): 1020–1031. doi:10.1111/jbi.12688. S2CID 88091097.

 Vegetation 

 Forest: de forested areas insyd dis mosaic be primarily compose of tropical rainforests, characterize by high rainfall, high humidity, den diverse flora den fauna.Liu, Zhihua; Wimberly, Michael; Dwomoh, Francis (2016-12-24). "Vegetation Dynamics in the Upper Guinean Forest Region of West Africa from 2001 to 2015". Remote Sensing. 9 (1): 5. doi:10.3390/rs9010005. ISSN 2072-4292. Dese forests be home to wide variety of plant species, wey dey include towering hardwood trees, lianas, epiphytes, den rich understory of shrubs den herbs.
 Savanna: de savanna component dey consist of grasslands intersperse plus scattered trees, wich den adapt to periodic fires.Furley, Peter A. (2016-06-23), "2. Shaping the savannas", Savannas: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, pp. 16–46, doi:10.1093/actrade/9780198717225.003.0002, ISBN 978-0-19-871722-5, retrieved 2023-10-12Owen-Smith, Norman (2021-09-09). Only in Africa. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108961646. ISBN 978-1-108-96164-6.Croker, Abigail Rose; Woods, Jeremy; Kountouris, Yiannis (2023-07-27). "Changing fire regimes in East and Southern Africa's savanna-protected areas: opportunities and challenges for indigenous-led savanna burning emissions abatement schemes". doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-2684809/v2. Retrieved 2023-10-12.Sanchez, Pedro A. (2019-01-09). Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316809785. ISBN 978-1-316-80978-5. De savanna ecosystem dey support a different set of plant species, wey dey include various grasses, shrubs, den acacia trees.

 Human settlement 
De ecoregion dey cover large areas of chaw West African nations wey dey include:

 Senegal - much of de southern Casamance arm of de country wey dey include de city of Ziguinchor.
 All of inland Guinea-Bissau
 The Gambia - for particular, south of de River Gambia
 Guinea - de band of lowland areas parallel to de coast den then running south-east of de central mountains, wey dey include de towns of Fria, Kindia den Kissidougou.
 Northern Sierra Leone wey dey include de towns of Makeni den Kabala.
 Côte d'Ivoire - a swathe across de middle east from Touba thru de country ein second-largest city Bouaké.Goetze, Dethardt; Horsch, Bianca; Porembski, Stefan (April 2006). "Dynamics of forest-savanna mosaics in north-eastern Ivory Coast from 1954 to 2002". Journal of Biogeography. 33 (4): 653–664. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01312.x. ISSN 0305-0270. S2CID 84365358.
 A wide strip across Ghana wey dey include de country east of Lake Volta, wer de main town be Ho.
 Togo - de southern plateau.
 Benin - de southern areas wey dey include de city of Bohicon.
 Nigeria - a large wey dey include de cities of Ibadan, wich dey mean wer de forest dey meet de savanna, de country ein capital Abuja, Lokoja wer de River Niger den River Benue dey meet, Enugu, den Makurdi.Carr, Jamie; Adewale Adeleke; Angu, Kenneth Angu; Belle, Elise; Burgess, Neil; Savrina Carrizo; Choimes, Argyris; Nonie Coulthard; Darwall, William; Foden, Wendy; Jean-Marc Garreau; Wenceslas Gatarabirwa; Hicks, Charlotte; Kapijimpanga, Daniel Ramlose; King, Emily (2015). "Ecosystem Profile Guinean Forests of West Africa Biodiversity Hotspot". doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.1724.8889."Ecological Regions Of Nigeria". WorldAtlas. 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2023-09-07.

 References 

 External links 

 "Guinean forest-savanna mosaic". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

Category:Afrotropical ecoregions
Category:Ecoregions of Benin
Category:Ecoregions of Burkina Faso
Category:Ecoregions of Cameroon
Category:Ecoregions of the Gambia
Category:Ecoregions of Ghana
Category:Ecoregions of Guinea
Category:Ecoregions of Guinea-Bissau
Category:Ecoregions of Ivory Coast
Category:Ecoregions of Nigeria
Category:Ecoregions of Senegal
Category:Ecoregions of Togo
Category:Forests of Guinea
Category:Grasslands of Benin
Category:Grasslands of Burkina Faso
Category:Grasslands of Cameroon
Category:Grasslands of the Gambia
Category:Grasslands of Ghana
Category:Grasslands of Guinea
Category:Grasslands of Guinea-Bissau
Category:Grasslands of Ivory Coast
Category:Grasslands of Nigeria
Category:Grasslands of Senegal
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Category:Tropical den subtropical grasslands, savannas, den shrublands