Open Journal of Forestry

Vol.6 No.2(2016), Paper ID 66124, 20 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojf.2016.62013

 

Effects of Forest Disturbance on Vegetation Structure and Above-Ground Carbon in Three Isolated Forest Patches of Taita Hills

 

Chemuku Wekesa, Nereoh Leley, Elias Maranga, Bernard Kirui, Gabriel Muturi, Musingo Mbuvi, Ben Chikamai

 

Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Coast Eco-Region Research Programme, Malindi, Kenya
Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Coast Eco-Region Research Programme, Malindi, Kenya
Department of Natural Resources, Egerton University, Egerton, Kenya
Department of Natural Resources, Egerton University, Egerton, Kenya
Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Coast Eco-Region Research Programme, Malindi, Kenya
Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

 

Copyright © 2016 Chemuku Wekesa, Nereoh Leley, Elias Maranga, Bernard Kirui, Gabriel Muturi, Musingo Mbuvi, Ben Chikamai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Wekesa, C. , Leley, N. , Maranga, E. , Kirui, B. , Muturi, G. , Mbuvi, M. and Chikamai, B. (2016) Effects of Forest Disturbance on Vegetation Structure and Above-Ground Carbon in Three Isolated Forest Patches of Taita Hills. Open Journal of Forestry, 6, 142-161. doi: 10.4236/ojf.2016.62013.

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