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Examines vegetation zones, factors affecting vegetation distribution, and forest types. It includes characteristics of major vegetation zones in West Africa, comparisons of zones, typical plants and animals, and plant/animal associations. Factors affecting vegetation distribution (climatic, edaphic, biotic), comparison of Tropical High Forest, Savannah, Coastal Scrub, and Grassland, characteristics of virgin, secondary, natural, and artificial forests, and land use practices. Characteristics of Tropical, Temperate Coniferous, and Arctic forest types in relation to latitude, relationship between temperature and latitude, and characteristics and distribution of angiosperms and gymnosperms.
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