Effect of prior land use on the recolonization of native woody species under plantation forests in the highlands of Ethiopia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 218, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 60-73

  Lemenih, Mulugeta ^a   Teketay, Demel ^b  

^a Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cupressus lusitanica; Eucalyptus saligna; Natural regeneration; Repeated cultivation; Restoration; Seed dispersal; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; RESTORATION; SOILS; VEGETATION; WOOD;

RECOLONIZATION; REPEATED CULTIVATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL SEED BANK;

LAND USE;

BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE; RECOLONIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK;

BIODIVERSITY; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA; LAND USE; NATURAL REFORESTATION; PLANTATIONS; RESTORATION; SOIL; WOOD SPECIES;

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

CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA;

EID: 26444479385     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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