Tree species diversity, richness, and similarity between exotic and indigenous forests in the cloud forests of Eastern Arc Mountains, Taita Hills, Kenya

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-264

  Omoro, Loice M A ^a   Pellikka, Petri K E ^a   Rogers, Paul C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; disturbance; Eastern Arc Mountains; exotics; forest fragments; indigenous species

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; CLOUD FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIAMETER; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEM; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

COAST PROVINCE; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; KENYA; TAITA HILLS;

CUPRESSUS; EUCALYPTUS; RAPANEA MELANOPHLOEOS; SYZYGIUM GUINEENSE; XYMALOS MONOSPORA;

EID: 77955827066     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: 19930607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-010-0069-0     Document Type: Article

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