Biodiversity of West African Forests An Ecological Atlas of Woody Plant Species -- Table of Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. West African forests: introduction -- 2. Forest cover changes in Côte d'Ivoire and Upper Guinea -- 3. The forest-savanna transition in West Africa -- 4. The forests of Upper Guinea: gradients in large species composition -- 5. Floristic diversity of closed forests in Côte d'Ivoire -- 6. Biodiversity hotspots in West Africa -- patterns and causes -- 7. What explains the distribution of rare and endemic West African plants? -- 8. Implications for conservation and management -- 9. Ecological profiles of rare and endemic species -- Key to symbols in maps and tables of chapter 9 -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Sources &index.