Potential causes of arrested succession in Kibale National Park, Uganda: Growth and mortality of seedlings

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-92

  Chapman, Colin A ^a   Chapman, Lauren J ^a   Kaufman, Les ^a,b   Zanne, Amy E ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest dynamics; Gaps; Regeneration; Strategies

Indexed keywords

FOREST FLOOR; GROWTH; MORTALITY; SUCCESSION;

UGANDA;

UVARIOPSIS CONGENSIS; WARBURGIA UGANDENSIS;

EID: 0032982641     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.1999.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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