The impact of land conversion on plant biodiversity in the forest zone of Cameroon

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2047-2061

  Zapfack, Louis ^a   Engwald, Stefan ^b   Sonke, Bonaventure ^a   Achoundong, Gaston ^c   Madong, Birang A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c National Herbarium   (Cameroon)

^d International Institute for Tropical Agriculture   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cameroon; Carbon sequestration; Land conversion; Primary forest; Secondary vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FLORISTICS; FOREST; LAND USE;

CAMEROON;

ASTERACEAE; CHROMOLAENA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0036848942     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020861925294     Document Type: Article

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