The role of plantation forests in fostering ecological restoration: Experiences from East Africa

Degraded Forests in Eastern Africa: Management and Restoration

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 171-219

  Lemenih, Mulugeta ^a,b   Bongers, Frans ^b  

^a Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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