Efficiency of inventory plot patterns in quantitative analysis of vegetation: A case study of tropical woodland and dense forest in Benin

Southern Forests

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 137-143

  Salako, Valère K ^a   Glele Kakaï, Romain L ^a   Assogbadjo, Achille E ^a   Fandohan, Belarmain ^a,b   Houinato, Marcel ^a   Palm, Rodolphe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

efficiency; forest inventory; plot patterns; structure; tropical vegetation types

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884312213     PISSN: 20702620     EISSN: 20702639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/20702620.2013.816232     Document Type: Article

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