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

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-241

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

^a Institute of Biodiversity Conservation   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AFROTROPICAL REGION; BIOMONITORING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DRY SEASON; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONTANE FOREST; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATOR; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79959517141     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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