Rainfall and soil fertility as factors limiting forest species distributions in Ghana

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 419-428

  Swaine, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought; Plant nutrients; Rain forest; West Africa

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL; SOIL FERTILITY;

GHANA;

STERCULIACEAE;

EID: 0030472337     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2261203     Document Type: Article

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