Regeneration of canopy tree species at five sites in West African moist forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 61-69

  Poorter, Lourens ^a,b   Bongers, Frans ^a   Van Rompaey, Renaat S A R ^a   De Klerk, Maarten ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Species population structure; Tree regeneration; Tropical moist forest; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CANOPY TREE; MOIST FOREST; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST;

AFRICA, (WEST); COTE D'IVOIRE; LIBERIA;

EID: 0030201319     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(96)03736-X     Document Type: Article

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