Composition, structure, and regeneration patterns in a gallery forest along the Tana River near Bura, Kenya

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 236, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 211-228

  Maingi, John K ^a   Marsh, Stuart E ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Diversity; Floodplain; Non metric multidimensional scaling (NMS); Riparian; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAINS; NON METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING (NMS); RIPARIAN; SEMI ARID;

FORESTRY;

FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SOIL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANA RIVER [KENYA];

ACACIA; ACACIA ELATIOR; POPULUS; SPIROSTACHYS;

EID: 33751240484     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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