Tree diversity and conservation value of Ngovayang's lowland forests, Cameroon

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2627-2648

  Gonmadje, Christelle F ^a,c   Doumenge, Charles ^b   McKey, Doyle ^c   Tchouto, Gildas P M ^d   Sunderland, Terry C H ^e   Balinga, Michael P B ^f   Sonké, Bonaventure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d National Forestry School   (Cameroon)

^e CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^f Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

1 ha permanent plots; Cameroon; Endemic species; Floristic patterns; Lower Guinea floristic region; Tree alpha diversity; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HARBOR; HETEROGENEITY; HUMIDITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL FOREST;

CAMEROON; GUINEA;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; FABACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80054031532     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0095-z     Document Type: Article

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