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Regeneration of canopy tree species at five sites in West African moist forest
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In this paper, the authors identified three major types of population structures: a decrease in number of individuals with size, the typically inverse J-shaped curve indicating sufficient regeneration; an increase in number with size indicating an absent or sparse regeneration; variable, consisting of strongly fluctuating patterns, in most cases many small individuals, no intermediate and many large ones.About:
This article is published in Forest Ecology and Management.The article was published on 1996-08-01. It has received 117 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population & Population density.read more
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Vegetation dynamics, palaeoenvironments and climatic changes in the forests of western Cameroon during the last 28,000 years B.P.
Jean Maley,P. Brenac +1 more
TL;DR: The Barombi Mbo pollen record goes back to about 28,000 yr B.P. as discussed by the authors and is divided into four main pollen zones: Zone I, Zone II, Zone III, Zone IV and Zone V.
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Assessment of species composition change in savanna vegetation by means of woody plants' size class distributions and local information
TL;DR: In this article, a new method is presented for assessment of compositional changes in disturbed savanna systems and for identification of species susceptible to local extinction such information is urgently needed as a basis for management plans that aim at ensuring conservation and sustainable use of savanna vegetation Size class distributions (SCDs) of trees and shrubs from a fire-disturbed savanna in Senegal are analysed and compared to observations provided by local people on declining species Many species, particularly large trees, have few young individuals and therefore flat SCDs that deviate from the reverse-J shape SCD characterizing
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The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa
Bill Adams,Jeffery A. Sayer +1 more
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The pristine rain forest? Remnants of historical human impacts on current tree species composition and diversity
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the disturbance history of a species-rich and structurally complex rain forest and identified the recruitment conditions of trees in different diameter classes in 16 ha of 16 ha old growth rain forest in Southern Cameroon.
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The dynamics and sustainable use of high-value tree species of the coastal Pondoland forests of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the ecological status of the standing crop of high-value tree species in coastal scarp forest of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and compare resource availability, distribution and use in several forests that are under state and community management.
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Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and Diversity
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Tropical rain forests of the Far East
TL;DR: Tropical rain forests of the Far East forest structure animals in the forest the forest environment - climate seasonal cycles in plants and animals seed dispersal to seedling establishment growth of seedlings into trees the ecological basis of rain-forest silviculture growth rates, forest yields and biomass inorganic nutrients and their cycling the tropical rain forests as discussed by the authors.
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The Tropical Rain Forest: An Ecological Study
TL;DR: Baillie and Walsh as mentioned in this paper described the structure and physicognomy of the primary forest and its relationship with the ground herbs and the dependent synusiae in the tropical rain forest.