Distribution of selected timber species of a Central African rain forest in relation to topography and soil heterogeneity: Implications for forest management

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 343-359

  Medjibe, Vincent ^a,b   Hall, Jefferson S ^a,c   Ashton, Mark S ^a   Harris, D J ^d  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Camerooon; Central african republic; Congo; Lovoa trichilioides; Nesogordonia papaverifera; Pterocarpus soyauxii; Soil mineral nutrients; Terminalia superba; Topographic position; Tree species distribution; Tropical rain forests

Indexed keywords

CAMEROOON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONGO; LOVOA TRICHILIOIDES; NESOGORDONIA PAPAVERIFERA; PTEROCARPUS SOYAUXII; SOIL MINERAL NUTRIENTS; TERMINALIA SUPERBA; TOPOGRAPHIC POSITIONS; TREE SPECIES; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RAIN; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; TIMBER; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFOREST; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIMBER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CONGO; DISTRIBUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MINERALS; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS; PTEROCARPUS SOYAUXII; SOIL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TERMINALIA SUPERBA; TREES; TROPICS;

CENTRAL AFRICA;

LOVOA; NESOGORDONIA; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS SOYAUXII; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA SUPERBA;

EID: 79960478990     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2011.534030     Document Type: Article

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