Forest recovery in the humid tropics: Changes in vegetation structure, nutrient pools and the hydrological cycle

Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics: Past, Present and Future Hydrological Research for Integrated Land and Water Management

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 598-621

  Holscher D ^a   Mackensen, J ^b   Roberts, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535666.031     Document Type: Chapter

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