Does forest gap size affects population size, plant size, reproductive success and pollinator visitation in Lantana camara, a tropical invasive shrub?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 215, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 329-338

  Totland, Ørjan ^a   Nyeko, Philip ^b   Bjerknes, Anne Line ^a   Hegland, Stein Joar ^a   Nielsen, Anders ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Exotic; Forest gaps; Invasive species; Lantana camara; Management; Pollination; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

EXOTIC; FOREST GAPS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANTANA CAMARA; TROPICAL FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; GAP DYNAMICS; INVASIVE SPECIES; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; PLANTS; POLLINATION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MABIRA FOREST RESERVE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA;

EID: 24944496262     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.023     Document Type: Article

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