Regional variation in tropical forest tree species composition in the Central African Republic: An assessment based on inventories by forest companies

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 663-674

  Réjou Méchain, Maxime ^a,b   Pélissier, Raphaël ^c,d   Gourlet Fleury, Sylvie ^b   Couteron, Pierre ^d   Nasi, Robert ^b,e   Thompson, John D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^d UMR AMAP   (France)

^e 6596 JKPWB   (India)

Author keywords

Africa; Beta diversity; Community composition; Habitat association; Non symmetric correspondence analysis; Soil; Tree communities; Trend surface analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLORISTICS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST INVENTORY; SANDY SOIL; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 57349192173     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467408005506     Document Type: Article

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