High seedling recruitment of indigenous tree species in forest plantations in Kakamega Forest, western Kenya

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Farwig, Nina ^a,b   Sajita, Nixon ^c   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Kakamega Forest; Late successional species; Seedlings; Trees; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; KAKAMEGA FOREST; LATE-SUCCESSIONAL SPECIES; SEEDLINGS; TREES; TROPICAL RAINFOREST;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MONOCULTURE; PLANTATION; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; SEEDLINGS; TREES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KAKAMEGA FOREST; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA];

EID: 56449094843     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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