Spatial and temporal effects on recruitment of an Afromontane forest tree in a threatened fragmented ecosystem

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 518-528

  Lehouck, Valérie ^a,b   Spanhove, Toon ^a,b   Gonsamo, Alemu ^c   Cordeiro, Norbert ^d,e   Lens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Arc; Germination; Plantation; Regeneration; Seedling survival; Xymalos monospora

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MICROHABITAT; MONTANE FOREST; PLANTATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; XYMALOS MONOSPORA;

EID: 58749088719     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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