Effect of selective logging on tree and understory regeneration in miombo woodland in western Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-82

  Schwartz, M W ^a   Caro, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; SELECTIVE LOGGING; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND;

TANZANIA;

PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; STERCULIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0037356531     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2003.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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