Successional sequence of forest types in a disturbed dry forest reserve in southern Benin, West Africa

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 525-539

  Nansen, Christian ^a,b   Tchabi, Atti ^a   Meikle, William G ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benin; Cluster analysis; Forest types; Successional sequence; West Africa

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; REFORESTATION; SUCCESSION;

BENIN;

EID: 0034914702     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467401001390     Document Type: Article

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