Structure and potential regeneration of degraded secondary stands in Munessssa-Shashemene Forest, Ethiopia

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-53

  Girma, A ^a   Mosandl, R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dry afromontane forest; Highlands; Species composition and structure; Sustainable management.

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; DRY AFROMONTANE FOREST; ETHIOPIA; FOREST DEGRADATION; FOREST STAND; HIGHLANDS; NEIGHBOURHOOD; PLANTING EXPERIMENTS; PLANTINGS; SECONDARY FORESTS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TREE SPECIES; TREES AND SHRUBS; WOODY PLANTS; WOODY SPECIES;

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY;

REFORESTATION;

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; SHRUB; STAND STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UPLAND REGION;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84856101232     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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