Recovery of Plant Species Richness and Composition in an Abandoned Forest Settlement Area in Kenya

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 462-474

  Mullah, Collins J A ^a,b   Totland, Ørjan ^a   Klanderud, Kari ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forest degradation; Restoration species; Species diversity; Tree recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAPLING; SECONDARY FOREST; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST; VILLAGE;

KENYA;

EID: 84863553985     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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