Litterfall dynamics and forest floor litter as influenced by fire in a secondary lowland rain forest in Nigeria

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-249

  Odiwe, A I ^a   Muoghalu, J I ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Fire; Litter fall; Litter standing crop; Nigerian secondary rainforest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; FIRE; FOREST FLOOR; LITTERFALL; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY FOREST;

AFRICA; IFE; NIGERIA; OSUN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1642269896     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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