Mixed-forest species establishment in a monodominant forest in central Africa: implications for tropical forest invasibility.

BACKGROUND: Traits of non-dominant mixed-forest tree species and their synergies for successful co-occurrence in monodominant Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forest have not yet been investigated. Here we compared the tree species diversity of the monodominant forest with its adjacent mixed forest and the...

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Main Authors: Kelvin S-H Peh, Bonaventure Sonké, Olivier Séné, Marie-Noël K Djuikouo, Charlemagne K Nguembou, Hermann Taedoumg, Serge K Begne, Simon L Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4028239?pdf=render