Monitoring the health of selected eastern arc forests in Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-177

  Madoffe, Seif ^a   Hertel, Gerard D ^b   Rodgers, Paul ^c   O'Connell, Barbra ^c   Killenga, Raymond ^d  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d E Usambara Catchment Forest Proj   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Eastern arc forests; Forest health monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST COVER; FOREST HEALTH; WOODLAND;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33744456758     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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