Small-scale vegetation structure and composition of Chirinda Forest, southeast Zimbabwe

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 624-632

  Mujuru, Lizzie ^a   Kundhlande, Alfred ^a  

^a BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Diversity; Grain; Moist forest; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLASSIFICATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); ORDINATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE PLANTING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODY PLANT;

AFRICA; CHIRINDA FOREST; MANICALAND; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 35448967748     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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