Regeneration of fourteen tree species in Harenna forest, southeastern Ethiopia

Flora

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 461-474

  Tesfaye, Getachew ^a   Teketay, Demel ^b   Fetene, Masresha ^c  

^a Inst of Biodiversity Conserv/Res   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Afromontane forest; Hampered regeneration; Herbivory; Light gradient; Mortality; Population structure

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

BALE MOUNTAINS; ETHIOPIA; HARENNA FOREST;

AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; ANINGERIA ADOLFI-FRIEDERICI; CROTON; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; OCOTEA; OCOTEA KENYENSIS; OLEA CAPENSIS; PODOCARPUS; PODOCARPUS FALCATUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AFRICANA; PYGEUM; SYZYGIUM; SYZYGIUM GUINEENSE; TECLEA NOBILIS;

EID: 0036445104     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0367-2530-1210063     Document Type: Article

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