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First steps in the ecology of the Bamingui‐Bangoran National Park, Central African Republic
Author(s) -
SPINAGE C. A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
african journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1365-2028
pISSN - 0141-6707
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1988.tb00959.x
Subject(s) - ecotone , geography , national park , ecology , endemism , flora (microbiology) , habitat , archaeology , biology , paleontology , bacteria
Summary A description is given of the 11,560 km 2 Bamingui‐Bangoran National Park situated in the mid‐Sudanian phytogeographic domain of the Central African Republic. Attention is drawn to the interest of the ecology of this little‐known zone, which lies between north‐south and east‐west ecotones, of the sahel‐tropical forest and oriental region west Africa, respectively. Preliminary collections of plants and small mammals were made. An analysis of the flora and the large mammals observed suggests a predominantly West African affinity. The sub‐specific endemism shown by the large mammals appears more probably linked to Pleistocene isolation by the Chari‐Logone river system, than to a mega Lake Chad as has been postulated elsewhere.