Implications of shifts in coffee production on tree species richness, composition and structure on small farms around Mount Kenya

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2919-2936

  Carsan, Sammy ^a   Stroebel, Aldo ^c   Dawson, Ian ^d   Kindt, Roeland ^a   Swanepoel, Frans ^b   Jamnadass, Ramni ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Coffee production systems; Smallholders; Tree diversity; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; COFFEE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CROP YIELD; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

KENYA; MOUNT KENYA;

EID: 84886621907     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0563-8     Document Type: Article

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