A critique of permanent plot methods and analysis with examples from Budongo Forest, Uganda

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 77, Issue 1-3, 1995, Pages 11-34

  Sheil, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Growth; Monitoring; Mortality; Recruitment; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

METHOD CRITIQUE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PERMANENT PLOT; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

UGANDA, BUDONGO FOREST;

EID: 0028984020     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(95)03583-V     Document Type: Article

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