Tree communities and structural dynamics in miombo (Brachystegia-Julbernardia) woodland, Tanzania

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 171-178

  Backéus, Ingvar ^a,b   Pettersson, Börge ^d   Strömquist, Lennart ^a   Ruffo, C ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Biodiversity Centre   (Sweden)

^c National Tree Seed Centre   (Tanzania)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Brachystegia boehmii; Brachystegia spiciformis; CA; Human impact; Kilosa District; PCA; Pterocarpus angolensis; Soil colour; Tanzania; Tree size structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; VEGETATION; WOOD;

BRACHYSTEGIA BOEHMII; BRACHYSTEGIA SPICIFORMIS; HUMAN IMPACT; KILOSA DISTRICT; SOIL COLOR; TREE SIZE STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LOGGING (TIMBER); MAPPING; SIZE STRUCTURE; SOIL EROSION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; VILLAGE; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; WOOD;

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

BRACHYSTEGIA; BRACHYSTEGIA BOEHMII; BRACHYSTEGIA BUSSEI; BRACHYSTEGIA SPICIFORMIS; CONDYLOCARPON; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA MELANOXYLON; JULBERNARDIA; JULBERNARDIA GLOBIFLORA; PSEUDOLACHNOSTYLIS MAPROUNEIFOLIA; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS;

EID: 33745219874     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04.033     Document Type: Article

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