Changes in woody plant composition of three vegetation types exposed to a similar fire regime for over 46 years

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 217, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 351-364

  Nangendo, Grace ^a   Stein, Alfred ^a   Ter Steege, Hans ^b   Bongers, Frans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fire; Uganda; Vegetation changes; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FIRES; VEGETATION; WOOD;

VEGETATION CHANGES; WOODLAND VEGETATION; WOODY PLANTS;

FORESTRY;

BURNING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONVERGENCE; FIRE; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE;

CORRELATION; FIRES; FORESTS; PLANTS; UGANDA; WOOD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA GLAUCESCENS;

EID: 26244468177     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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