Succession and regeneration patterns of East African mountain forests: A review

Systematics and Geography of Plants

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 959-974

  Bussmann, Rainer W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

East Africa; Ecology; Phytosociology; Regeneration; Tropical montane forests

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS; CASSIPOUREA; CASSIPOUREA MALOSANA; CATOSTOMIDAE; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; DRYOBALANOPS; HAGENIA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PROCERA; MACARANGA; MACARANGA KILIMANDSCHARICA; NEOBOUTONIA MACROCALYX; OCOTEA; OCOTEA USAMBARENSIS; OLEA CAPENSIS; OLEA EUROPAEA; PODOCARPUS; PODOCARPUS LATIFOLIUS; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS AFRICANA; SINARUNDINARIA ALPINA;

EID: 0035786511     PISSN: 03039153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3668731     Document Type: Conference Paper

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