Influence of 1100 years of burning on the central African rainforest

Ecography

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1139-1148

  Tovar, Carolina ^a   Breman, Elinor ^a   Brncic, Terry ^d   Harris, David J ^e   Bailey, Richard ^d   Willis, Katherine J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BURNING; CHARCOAL; CORE ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST FIRE; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEGUME; MIXED FOREST; MONOCOTYLEDON; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWAMP; VEGETATION TYPE;

CENTRAL AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

GILBERTIODENDRON; MARANTACEAE;

EID: 84939259755     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.00697     Document Type: Article

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