Lightning strike burns large forest tree in the Lopé Reserve, Gabon

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-41

  Tutin, Caroline E G ^a,b,c   White, Lee J T ^c,d,e   Mackanga Missandzou, Alphonse ^c,f  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c Prog Conserv Utilisation R   (Gabon)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f des Objectifs de Développement Durable et du Plan d Affectation des Terres   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Gabon; Lightning; Natural fire; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

FIRE; LIGHTNING;

GABON, LOPE RESERVE;

EID: 0029668064     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997469     Document Type: Article

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