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dc.contributor.authorDahdouh-Guebas, F.
dc.contributor.authorKairo, J.G.
dc.contributor.authorGwada, P.
dc.coverage.spatialMida Creek, Kenyaen
dc.date.accessioned2005-11-21T09:11:26Z
dc.date.available2005-11-21T09:11:26Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.identifier.citationAmbio, 31(7-8). p. 562-568
dc.identifier.issn0044-7447
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1834/986
dc.description.abstractThe structure and regeneration patterns of Mida Creek mangrove vegetation were studied along belt transects at 2 forest sites of Mida Creek (3°20'S, 40°00'E): Uyombo and Kirepwe. Based on the species importance values, the dominant mangrove tree species in Mida were Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C. B. Robinson and Rhizophora mucronata Lamk. Tree density varied from 1197 trees ha–1 at Kirepwe to 1585 trees ha–1 at Uyombo and mean tree height was higher at the former site compared to the latter. The sizeclass structure at both localities of Mida showed the presence of more small trees than large ones. Spatial distribution pattern of adults and juveniles varied greatly between sites and they showed a close to uniform pattern (Morisita’s Index I0 << 1) for trees, but a tendency to random distribution (I0 = 1) for juveniles. The present paper shows that unmanaged but exploited mangroves do not necessarily disappear, but change qualitatively from locally preferred R. mucronata to the less preferred C. tagal. Whereas the effects of this change on the ecological function of the mangrove cannot be estimated yet, the economical function of the mangrove has evidently weakened.en
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences
dc.titleRegeneration Status of Mangrove Forests in Mida Creek, Kenya: A Compromised or Secured Future?en
dc.typeJournal Contribution
dc.bibliographicCitation.agscitationNumbervol. 31,issue:7-8 p.562-568
dc.bibliographicCitation.endpage568en
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue7-8en
dc.bibliographicCitation.stpage562en
dc.bibliographicCitation.titleAmbioen
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume31en
dc.description.statusPublisheden
dc.subject.agrovocForestryen
dc.subject.asfaMangrovesen
dc.type.refereedRefereeden
dc.type.specifiedArticleen
refterms.dateFOA2021-01-30T18:47:34Z


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