Thirty-eight years of change in a tropical forest: Plot data from Mpanga Forest Reserve, Uganda

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 655-667

  Taylor, D ^a   Hamilton, A C ^b   Lewis, S L ^c   Nantale, G ^d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Plantlife Scotland   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Anthropogenic; Monitoring; Permanent plot; Rain forest; Selective logging

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANOPY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); MORTALITY; PROTECTED AREA; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; EAST AFRICA; MPANGA FOREST RESERVE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

CELTIS MILDBRAEDII;

EID: 57449110559     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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