The role of area enclosures and fallow age in the restoration of plant diversity in northern Ethiopia

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-514

  Abebe, Muluberhan Hailu ^a   Oba, Gufu ^a   Angassa, Ayana ^a   Weladji, Robert B ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age chronosequence; Plant species richness; Restoration trends; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALLOW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33751296806     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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