Conserving forest tree diversity in Guinée Forestière (Guinea, West Africa): the role of coffee-based agroforests

Correia Mickaël, Diabaté Moussa, Béavogui Pépé, Guilavogui Kaman, Lamanda Nathalie, De Foresta Hubert. 2010. Conserving forest tree diversity in Guinée Forestière (Guinea, West Africa): the role of coffee-based agroforests. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19 (6) : 1725-1747.

Quartile : Q2, Sujet : ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES / Quartile : Q2, Sujet : BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION / Quartile : Q2, Sujet : ECOLOGY

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Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Psychologie-éthologie-ergonomie

Résumé : In the current deforestation context, agroforestry is increasingly considered in the tropical zone for its potential contribution to biodiversity conservation. In Guine´e Forestie`re (Guinea, West Africa), coffee-based species rich agroforests are currently expanding on agricultural land around most villages. To assess the role these agroforests play with respect to biodiversity conservation, we compared their tree structure and diversity with those of a neighbouring natural forest. Eighty plots were sampled using a variable area transect method (60 plots distributed into 3 village agroforests, 20 natural forest plots). The structure of coffee-based agroforests showed obvious signs of farmers' management: density of mature trees was significantly lower than in natural forest and most juvenile trees were eliminated and replaced by coffee trees. However, tree seedling density was not significantly different than in natural forest. Tree species richness and diversity were also lower than in natural forest but much higher than in any other agricultural or agroforestry land use system. These results are close to those obtained in the coffee-based agroforests of Central America, confirming that coffee-based agroforests retain many forest species that play a key role in the conservation of regional forest tree diversity.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Coffea, agroforesterie, zone tropicale, biodiversité, forêt tropicale, structure du peuplement, biodiversité forestière, conservation de la diversité biologique, conservation des forêts

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Guinée

Mots-clés complémentaires : Forêt naturelle

Classification Agris : K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales
P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières
F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
K10 - Production forestière

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 6 (2005-2013) - Agriculture, environnement, nature et sociétés

Auteurs et affiliations

• Correia Mickaël
• Diabaté Moussa, IRAG (GIN)
• Béavogui Pépé, IRAG (GIN)
• Guilavogui Kaman, IRAG (GIN)
• Lamanda Nathalie, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR SYSTEM (FRA)
• De Foresta Hubert, IRD (FRA)

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/554756/)

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