A 10-year study of changes in forest vegetation on Silhouette island, Seychelles

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 149-155

  Gerlach, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cinnamomum; Clidemia; Conservation; Forest; Invasion; Paraserianthes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; SEYCHELLES; SILHOUETTE ISLAND; WORLD;

CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CLIDEMIA; CLIDEMIA HIRTA; FALCATARIA MOLUCCANA; PARASERIANTHES; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM CATTLEIANUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 10944238464     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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