Enrichment of logging gaps with a high conservation value species (Pericopsis elata) in a central African moist forest

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3031-3047

  Ouédraogo, Dakis Yaoba ^a   Fayolle, Adeline ^a   Daïnou, Kasso ^b   Demaret, Charles ^a   Bourland, Nils ^a   Lagoute, Paul ^c   Doucet, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Nature + asbl   (Belgium)

^c Pallisco SARL ^*  (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Assamela; Cameroon; Canopy gaps; Light; Plantation; Regeneration; Seedling growth; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; LIGHT; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MAINTENANCE; REFORESTATION; SEED; TIMBER;

ASSAMELA; CAMEROON; CANOPY GAPS; PLANTATION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING GROWTH; SILVICULTURE;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY GAP; GROWTH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); PLANTATION FORESTRY; SEEDLING; SILVICULTURE; SURVIVAL;

FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH; PLANTATIONS; REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS;

CAMEROON;

PERICOPSIS ELATA;

EID: 84921456142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5123031     Document Type: Article

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