Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) density, size-class distribution and population trends between four land-use types in northern Venda, South Africa

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 294-300

  Venter, Sarah M ^a   Witkowski, E T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Communal land; Mortality; Population dynamics; Regeneration; Savanna; Tree demography

Indexed keywords

CLASS DISTRIBUTIONS; COMMUNAL LAND; CONSERVATION AREAS; CURRENT LEVELS; DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES; HUMAN NUMBERS; JUVENILE DENSITY; LIFE STAGES; MATURE PLANTS; MATURE TREES; POPULATION STRUCTURES; ROCKY OUTCROPS; SOUTH AFRICA; WILLIAMS;

AUTOMATIC INDEXING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPLOYMENT; FRUITS; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REFORESTATION;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST PRODUCT; FRUIT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROTECTED AREA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SAVANNA;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FRUITS; INDEXING; LAND; MORTALITY; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREES;

LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; VENDA;

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA; ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 72649102214     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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