Influence of artificial gaps in tropical forest on survival, growth, and Phytolyma lata attack on Milicia excelsa

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 353-362

  Doland Nichols, J ^a   Wagner, Michael R ^b   Agyeman, Victor K ^c   Paul Bosu, ^c   Cobbinah, Joseph R ^c  

^a Land Grant Forestry   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; GROWTH; PEST DAMAGE; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

GHANA;

ANIMALIA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MILICIA; MILICIA EXCELSA; PHYTOLYMA; PHYTOLYMA LATA; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 0032487590     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00299-0     Document Type: Article

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