Vegetation of Kilimanjaro: Hidden endemics and missing bamboo

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-328

  Hemp, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

East African mountains; Forest disturbance by herbivores; Sinarundinaria alpina; Tropical montane forest; Vegetation zones

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BAMBOO; BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SLOPE DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; KILIMANJARO [KILIMANJARO (RGA)]; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; CASSIPOUREA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ERICA; JUNIPERUS; OCOTEA; SINARUNDINARIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33748150077     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00679.x     Document Type: Review

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