Potential tree species extinction, colonization and recruitment in Afromontane forest relicts

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 288-296

  Thijs, Koen W ^a   Aerts, Raf ^a   Musila, Winfred ^b   Siljander, Mika ^c   Matthysen, Erik ^d   Lens, Luc ^e   Pellikka, Petri ^c   Gulinck, Hubert ^a   Muys, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community structure; Forest succession; Late successional species; Regeneration; Restoration; Secondary forest; Species accounting equation; Species turnover; Taita Hills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903939259     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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