Impact of cocoa farming on vegetation in an agricultural landscape in Ghana

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 338-346

  Asase, Alex ^a   Ofori Frimpong, Kwasi ^b   Ekpe, Patrick K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b New Tafo   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cocoa; Ghana; Management; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; COCOA; CROP PRODUCTION; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHADING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSECT; VEGETATION COVER;

GHANA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 77953722532     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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