Woody vegetation structure and composition along a protection gradient in a miombo ecosystem of western Tanzania

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Banda, Tasila ^a   Schwartz, Mark W ^a   Caro, Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Conservation gradient; Katavi National Park; Miombo; Protection strategy

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PARKS; WOOD;

CONSERVATION GRADIENT; KATAVI NATIONAL PARK; MIOMBO; PROTECTION STRATEGY;

VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; HUNTING; NATIONAL PARK; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; WOOD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745191438     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04.032     Document Type: Article

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