Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests

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The Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.

Contents 1 Setting 2 Flora 3 Fauna 4 Conservation and threats 5 References and external links

[edit] Setting

The ecoregion includes the distinct montane forests on the higher elevations of two volcanic peaks, Mount Cameroon, which lies in Cameroon near the coast, and Bioko, a volcanic island to the southwest in Equatorial Guinea.

Both Bioko and Mount Cameroon are part of the Cameroon Volcanic Line, a line of volcanoes that runs northeast-southwest across the Cameroon Highlands and extending into the Atlantic Ocean as the islands of Bioko, São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobon.

The montane forests of Mount Cameroon and Bioko are home to the distinct Afromontane flora of Africa's high mountains.

[edit] Flora

The chief plant communities are montane forests, montane grasslands, and heathlands.

[edit] Fauna

[edit] Conservation and threats

[edit] References and external links

• Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests (WWF)
• Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests (National Geographic)
• Cameroon mountains Endemic Bird Area (BirdLife International)