Recovery of secondary forests on swidden cultivation fallows in Laos

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2666-2675

  Sovu, ^a   Tigabu, Mulualem ^a   Savadogo, Patrice ^a   Odén, Per Christer ^a   Xayvongsa, Lamphoune ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

Restoration; Seasonally dry forests; Secondary forests; Succession; Swidden agriculture

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO FORESTS; BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; DIVERSITY MEASURE; FOREST EDGE; FOREST PRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; NATURAL FORESTS; NATURAL REGENERATION; ROTATION CYCLE; RURAL LIVELIHOOD; SEASONALLY DRY FORESTS; SECONDARY FORESTS; SIMPSON'S INDEX; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEM DENSITY; STEM DIAMETER; SUCCESSION; SWIDDEN AGRICULTURE; WIENER INDEX; WOODY SPECIES;

BAMBOO; BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; RESTORATION; ROTATION; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

CONSERVATION;

BAMBOO; BASAL AREA; DRY FOREST; FALLOW; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NATURE CONSERVATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEM;

AGRICULTURE; BAMBOO; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; RESTORATION; ROTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 70350786285     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.030     Document Type: Article

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