Success rates of recruited tree species and their contribution to the structural development of reforested mangrove stands

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 325, Issue , 2006, Pages 85-91

  Bosire, J O ^a,b   Dahdouh Guebas, F ^a   Kairo, J G ^b   Wartel, S ^c   Kazungu, J ^b   Koedam, N ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Kenya; Mangroves; Recruited species; Reforested stands; Rhizophora mucronata; Sonneratia alba; Structural development

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; JUVENILE; MANGROVE; MONOCULTURE; REFORESTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SONNERATIA ALBA;

EID: 33845458129     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps325085     Document Type: Article

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