Density and species diversity of trees in four tropical forests of the Albertine rift, western Uganda

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-312

  Eilu, Gerald ^a   Hafashimana, David L N ^b   Kasenene, John M ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Ministry of Water and Environment   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Ordination; Soils; Species distribution; Tree inventory

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MELIACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 3042850587     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2004.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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