How selective are elephants as agents of forest tree damage in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda?

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-65

  Ssali, Fredrick ^a   Sheil, Douglas ^a   Nkurunungi, John B ^b  

^a Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation   (Uganda)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Bwindi; Elephants; Generalized linear models; Selection; Tree damage

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STAND DYNAMICS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VULNERABILITY;

BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

CHRYSOPHYLLUM ALBIDUM; ELEPHANTIDAE; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; MYRIANTHUS HOLSTII; NEWTONIA BUCHANANII;

EID: 84873249664     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aje.12006     Document Type: Article

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