Environmental gradients in the Turkwel riverine forest, Kenya: Hypotheses on dam-induced vegetation change

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 212, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 184-198

  Stave, Jørn ^a   Oba, Gufu ^b   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a   Nordal, Inger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Constrained ordination; Dam impoundment; Floodplain forest; Riparian vegetation; Turkana; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

COMPOSITIONAL VARIATIONS; FLOODPLAINS; GRADIENTS; RIVER CHANNELS;

FORESTRY;

DAM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; RIVER MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CONDUCTIVITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTS; FORESTS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PLANTS; SOIL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKWEL RIVER; WORLD;

RIPARIA;

EID: 20444395840     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.037     Document Type: Article

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