Sprouting of woody species following cutting and tree-fall in a lowland semi-deciduous tropical rainforest, North-Western Uganda

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 982-992

  Mwavu, Edward N ^a   Witkowski, Ed T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bark thickness; Coppicing; Harvesting; Resilience; Resprouting; Root suckering; Stumps

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BARK THICKNESS; ROOT SUCKERING;

WOOD;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RAINFOREST; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODY PLANT;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PLANTS; WOOD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

CALONCOBA; CORDIA; MAESOPSIS EMINII; RAPHIA FARINIFERA;

EID: 38949121266     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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