Survival and growth of mixed plantations of Milicia excelsa and Terminalia superba 9 years after planting in Ghana

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 352-357

  Bosu, Paul P ^a   Cobbinah, Joseph R ^a   Nichols, J Doland ^b   Nkrumah, Elvis E ^a   Wagner, Michael R ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect pests; Milicia excelsa; Mixed species plantations; Phytolyma lata; Terminalia superba

Indexed keywords

CROPS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

MILICIA EXCELSA; PHYTOLYMA LATA;

FORESTRY;

ANGIOSPERM; EXTINCTION RISK; GROWTH RATE; HUMID TROPICS; LOUSE; MIXED FOREST; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; SURVIVAL; WOODY PLANT;

FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; TERMINALIA SUPERBA;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

INSECTA; MILICIA; MILICIA EXCELSA; MILICIA REGIA; PHYTOLYMA; PHYTOLYMA LATA; PSYLLIDAE; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA SUPERBA;

EID: 33748701220     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.032     Document Type: Article

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