Plant communities, species diversity, richness, and regeneration of a traditionally managed coastal forest, Kenya

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 949-957

  Kibet, Staline ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Cultural sites; Kaya forests; Regeneration; Species association

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FOREST; CULTURAL SITES; EASTERN AFRICA; FOREST HABITATS; FOREST PRODUCTS; FOREST SPECIES; HERITAGE SITES; HOTSPOTS; HUMAN POPULATION; INDICATOR SPECIES; KAYA FORESTS; LOCAL PEOPLE; MOIST FORESTS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; RE-COLONIZATION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING RECRUITMENT; SPECIES ASSOCIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT; TWINSPAN; VEGETATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION PATTERN; VEGETATION TYPE; WOODY CLIMBERS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION TYPE; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

KENYA;

ASTERANTHE; BRIDELIA; CATUNAREGAM; KEETIA; MANILKARA; MANILKARA ZAPOTA; TORREYA NUCIFERA;

EID: 79551559839     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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