Diagnosing the demographic balance of two light-demanding tree species populations in central Africa from their diameter distribution

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 313, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-62

  Engone Obiang, Nestor Laurier ^a   Ngomanda, Alfred ^a   Hymas, Oliver ^b,c   Chézeauxl, Éric ^a   Picard, Nicolas ^a,d  

^a IRET ^*  (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Aucoumea klaineana; Diameter distribution; Gabon; Lophira alata; Natural forest; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AUCOUMEA KLAINEANA; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; GABON; LOPHIRA ALATA; NATURAL FORESTS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH MODELING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PIONEER SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FORESTRY; STATISTICS;

CENTRAL AFRICA; GABON;

AUCOUMEA KLAINEANA; LOPHIRA ALATA;

EID: 84888219350     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.10.045     Document Type: Article

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