Comparing Floristic Diversity between a Silviculturally Managed Arboretum and a Forest Reserve in Dambulla, Sri Lanka
Repeated slash and burn cultivation creates wasteland with thorny shrubs, which then takes a long time to become secondary forests through serial stages of succession. Assisted natural regeneration through silvicultural management is a useful restoration method to accelerate succession. This survey...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Sri Jayewardenepura
2014-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment |
Online Access: | http://journals.sjp.ac.lk/index.php/JTFE/article/view/1839 |