Demography and life history of two rattan species, Eremospatha macrocarpa and Laccosperma secundiflorum, in Côte d'Ivoire

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 493-503

  Kouassi, Kouadio I ^a,b   Barot, Sébastien ^b   Gignoux, Jacques ^c   Zoro Bi, Irié A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Elasticity; Life table response experiments; Non timber forest products; Palm; Population growth rate; Stage classified matrix model; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE TABLE; MATRIX; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PLANT; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CALAMUS ROTANG; EREMOSPATHA MACROCARPA; LACCOSPERMA;

EID: 51549099031     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467408005312     Document Type: Article

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