Regeneration of seven indigenous tree species in a dry Afromontane forest, southern Ethiopia

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-143

  Tesfaye, Getachew ^a,c   Teketay, Demel ^b   Fetene, Masresha ^c   Beck, Erwin ^d  

^a Institute of Biodiversity Conservation   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Canopy gap; Distribution of species; Disturbance; Munessa Shashemene forest; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MONTANE FOREST; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEEDLING;

ETHIOPIA;

AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; CELTIS AFRICANA; CROTON MACROSTACHYS; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; POLYSCIAS FULVA; POUTERIA; PRUNUS AFRICANA; PYGEUM; SYZYGIUM GUINEENSE;

EID: 75149135549     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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