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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Main Authors: B. D. Madurapperuma, P. G. Oduor, K. A. J. M. Kuruppuarachchi, D. N. N. Wijayawardene, J. U. Munasinghe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Sri Jayewardenepura 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment
Online Access:http://journals.sjp.ac.lk/index.php/JTFE/article/view/1839