Diversity, regeneration status and socio-economic importance of the vegetation in the islands of Lake Ziway, south-central Ethiopia

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 483-498

  Zegeye, Haileab ^a   Teketay, Demel ^b   Kelbessa, Ensermu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b Forest Stewardship Council Ghana   (Ghana)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diversity; Islands of Lake Ziway; Plant community types; Regeneration; Socio economics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASAL AREA; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIFT ZONE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; LAKE ZIWAY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33747768978     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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