Regeneration by coppicing (resprouting) of miombo (African savanna) trees in relation to land use

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 189, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 23-35

  Luoga, Emmanuel J ^a,b   Witkowski, E T F ^a   Balkwill, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Forest management; Harvested stumps; Human disturbances; Self thinning; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COPPICING; NATURAL REGENERATION;

FORESTRY;

COPPICE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SELF THINNING; SILVICULTURE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM MOLLE; JULBERNARDIA; JULBERNARDIA GLOBIFLORA; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; SPIROSTACHYS AFRICANA;

EID: 1242300196     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.02.001     Document Type: Article

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