Growth of Gmelina arborea and Senna siamea and their effects on microclimate in southern Nigeria

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-63

  Akinnifesi, F K ^a   Salako, F K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b c/o L W Lambourn and Co ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosivity; Gmelina arborea; Microclimate; Raindrops; Senna siamea; Throughfall drops; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH; MICROCLIMATE; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAINFALL; SOIL EROSION; THROUGHFALL;

NIGERIA;

CAESALPINIACEAE; GMELINA ARBOREA; SENNA SIAMEA; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 0031434530     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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