Long-term permanent plot observations of vegetation dynamics in Budongo, a Ugandan rain forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 765-800

  Sheil, Douglas ^a   Jennings, Stephen ^a   Savill, Peter ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Composition; Disturbance; Monitoring; Monodominant; Mortality; Recruitment; Species richness; Succession; Turnover

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RAINFOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE; SUCCESSION; TURNOVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

UGANDA;

EID: 0034490011     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400001772     Document Type: Article

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