The role of advance growth in upland rainforest restoration, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

Upland tropical rainforest on Pohnpei island, Federated States of Micronesia, declined from 42 % of land area in 1975 to 15 % in 1995, largely through conversion to sakau (Piper methysticum G. Forst.) cultivation. As part of a research programme aimed at restoring degraded forest, I hypothesised tha...

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Main Author: Hewson, Kathryn Iris
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Forestry 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7490