Fire control as a simple means of promoting tropical forest restoration

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-299

  Omeja, Patrick A ^a   Lwanga, Jeremiah S ^a   Obua, Joseph ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^a,b,c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kibale national park; Reforestation; Regeneration; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053310416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291100400307     Document Type: Article

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