Atlas of the Potential Vegetation of Ethiopia

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 were described and mapped in the Atlas of the Potential Vegetation of Ethiopia. Download a flyer (pdf file) with information about the atlas.

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.

The book describes in detail the structure and floristic composition of the vegetation types recognized, 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. It furthermore describes the relation between the new classification of vegetation types and two previous classifications by respectively R.E.G. Pichi Sermolli (1957) and Frank White (1983). See also [this review](this review](http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/107/1/vi.2.full) of the atlas.

If you are interested in ordering a hardcopy (price 400 DKK or approx. USD 53, excl. VAT, plus postage), please send an email to the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters or check out your favorite (online) bookstore. You can also download the pdf version of the book.