Floodplain rehabilitation in North Cameroon: Impact on vegetation dynamics

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-42

  Scholte, Paul ^a,b,c,d   Kirda, Philippe ^b   Adam, Saleh ^b   Kadiri, Bobo ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Waza Logone Project   (Cameroon)

^c Ecole de Faune   (Cameroon)

^d Nieuwe Teertuinen 12C   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dam; Flooded grassland; Re colonization; Resilience; Rhizomatous grass; Tussock grass; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034095750     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1478916     Document Type: Article

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