Regeneration Ecology of the Useful Flora of the Putu Range Rainforest, Liberia;Perturbation et écologie de la flore utile de la forêt tropicale de Putu Range, Libéria

Economic Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 398-412

  Marshall, Cicely A ^a   Hawthorne, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disturbance; Liberia; non timber forest product (NTFP); pioneer; plant biodiversity; Upper Guinea forest; useful plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871721860     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-012-9217-0     Document Type: Article

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