Dynamics of lianas in DR Congo

Ecology of Lianas

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 23-35

  Bongers, Frans ^a   Ewango, Corneille E N ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society WCS DR Congo Reserve de Faune á Okapis Ituri Epulu Aru Landscape   (Congo)

Author keywords

African liana communities; DR Congo; Edoro forest; Ituri; Lianas; Sericostachys scandens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926476225     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118392409.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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