Patterns of liana community diversity and structure in a tropical rainforest reserve, Ghana: Effects of human disturbance

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-227

  Addo Fordjour, Patrick ^a   Rahmad, Zakaria B ^b   Amui, Joycelyn ^a   Pinto, Chareles ^a   Dwomoh, Mavis ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Anthropogenic disturbance; Diversity; Lianas; Structure; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMBING PLANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATEWA RANGE FOREST RESERVE; GHANA;

EID: 84876437455     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aje.12025     Document Type: Article

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