Unfavorable successional pathways and the conservation value of logged tropical forest

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2089-2105

  Chapman, Colin A ^a   Chapman, Lauren J ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Demography; Forestry; Logging; Management; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 4444304468     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000040002.54280.41     Document Type: Article

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