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Ombrophile

a plant capable of surviving prolonged rains. Examples are selaginella and spiderwort. The plants are able to endure both excessive moisture and the mechanical effects of raindrops.

References in periodicals archive

L'alimentation des populations Bene du Sud-Cameroun, installees dans des savanes peri-forestieres ou des facies de degradation forestiers prononces du Sud Cameroun, et celle des populations Fang du Nord Gabon, installees en foret ombrophile toujours verte, ont ete comparees (4).

APPROCHE COMPAREE DES APPORTS A LA DIVERSITE ET A LA SECURITE NUTRITIONNELLE DES PRODUITS FORESTIERS PAR QUESTIONNAIRE DE FREQUENCE ET PESEE (BENE ET FANG - CAMEROUN/GABON)

Etude de la litiere et de sa contribution au cycle des elements mineraux en foret ombrophile de basse Cote d'Ivoire.

Influence of land crabs Gecarcinus quadratus (Gecarcinidae) on distributions of organic carbon and roots in a Costa Rican rain forest

Etude de la litiere et de sa contribution ou cycle des elements mineraux en foret ombrophile de Cote d'Ivoire.

Phosphorus dynamics in a lowland African rain forest: the influence of ectomycorrhizal trees

Chevalier, `Biogeographie et Ecologie de la Foret Dense Ombrophile de la Cote d'Ivoire', Revue Int.

Contested forests: modern conservation and historical land use in Guinea's Ziama Reserve

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