Consequences of plantation harvest during tropical forest restoration in Uganda

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 173, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 235-250

  Duncan, R Scot ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^a,b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrested succession; Exotic tree plantations; Reforestation; Regeneration; Restoration ecology; Secondary forests; Tropical forest succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TIMBER; VEGETATION;

FOREST RESTORATION;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

FIRE MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS;

UGANDA;

AVES; PERCIDAE;

EID: 0037415977     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00009-9     Document Type: Article

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