.:Atlas of the Potential Vegetation of Ethiopia

Ib Friis, Sebsebe Demissew and Paulo van Breugel, 2010. Atlas of the Potential Vegetation of Ethiopia. Biologiske Skrifter (Biol.Skr.Dan.Vid.Selsk.), 58, pp 307, including 29 map-plates with legends and key.

Based on many years of field work by the two senior authors Ib Friis and Sebsebe Demissew and with the application of GIS analyses by Paulo van Breugel 15 major vegetation types in Ethiopia are described and mapped. The book descibes in detail the structure and floristic composition of the vegetation types recognised, and the descriptions are illustrated with selected photographs from many parts of Ethiopia. The atlas benefits from the complete taxonomic revision for the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea made during the years 1980-2009.

The book also contains 29 map plates and a legend to signatures, showing potential distribution of the 15 natural vegetation types. The book also describes the relation between the new classification of vegetation types and two previous classifications, also with vegetation maps showing distribution of vegetation, by respectively R.E.G. Pichi Sermolli (1957) and Frank White (1983).

For a preview of the map, click this link to open the map in your browser.See this flyer (pdf file) for more information about the atlas. See here for a nice review of the atlas.

If you are interested in ordering one (price 400 DKK or approx. USD 53, excl. VAT, plus postage), sending an email to the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is probably the easiest. Of course you can also contact me and I will forward your request.