The significance of fire for afroalpine ericaceous vegetation

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 340-347

  Wesche, K ^a   Miehe, G ^a   Kaeppell, M ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afroalpine environments; Erica; Ethiopia; Fire ecology; Human impact; Tropical timberline; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; FIRE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; TREELINE; VEGETATION;

ETHIOPIA; UGANDA;

ERICA;

EID: 0034477542     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2000)020[0340:TSOFFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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