Native woody species regeneration in exotic tree plantations at Munessa-Shashemene Forest, southern Ethiopia

New Forests

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-145

  Senbeta, Feyera ^a   Teketay, Demel ^b   Näslund, Bert Åke ^c  

^a Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^c Swedish National Board of Forestry   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cupressus; Eucalyptus; Pinus; Seed dispersal; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SOILS; VEGETATION;

WOODY SPECIES REGENERATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODY PLANT;

ETHIOPIA;

CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA; PINUS PATULA; POACEAE;

EID: 0036764169     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021201107373     Document Type: Article

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