Does the herb Acanthus pubescens and/or elephants suppress tree regeneration in disturbed Afrotropical forest?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 278-284

  Lawes, M J ^a   Chapman, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acanthaceae; Arrested succession: Tropical forests; Disturbance; Ecological filter; Logging; Regeneration; Understory ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

ACANTHACEAE; ARRESTED SUCCESSION: TROPICAL FORESTS; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL FILTERS; REGENERATION; UNDERSTORY ECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEFORESTATION; DISTURBANCE; ELEPHANT; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

ECOLOGY; FORESTS; LOGGING; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SEEDS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ACANTHACEAE; ACANTHUS PUBESCENS; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 29744455518     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.039     Document Type: Article

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