Although forest ecosystems are crucial for human survival they are constantly under threat from human interventions and natural disasters which reduce their capacities to effectively provide ecosystem services. As populations increase, incidences of forest encroachments become frequent to affect the provision of the services. The objective in this study was to assess some ecosystem benefits and to determine how the local communities used and value them. The benefits assessed were floristic diversity; biomass and soil organic carbon densities; and suitability of indigenous tree species for forest rehabilitation based on soil properties in four different forest types, indigenous and plantations of cypress, eucalypt and pine in Taita Hills, Ke...
Despite much research on forest biodiversity in Fennoscandia, the exact mechanisms of species declin...
The aim of this dissertation was to investigate site characteristics unique to nutrient-poor, forest...
According to theory, the functional traits of species dictate how environmental selection affects th...
Boreal forest soils store a significant amount of carbon and function as a terrestrial net sink in t...
Conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests needs a holistic approach: in addition t...
Food security, environmental change and biodiversity loss are immense challenges for global agricult...
The study contributes to the studies of land cover change and sustainable development in Kenya. It s...
Taita Hills are situated in southeastern Kenya (03°20'S 38°15'E), only 350 km from the equator. Ecol...
Anthropogenic climate change is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning...
Tropical deforestation and forest degradation (DD) contribute approximately 15% of the annual global...
Africa is threatened by climate change. The adaptive capacity of local communities continues to be w...
Agriculture is an economic activity that heavily relies on the availability of natural resources. Th...
The immediate effects of two human-related vegetation disturbances, (1) green tree retention (GTR) p...
Species are declining and going extinct at unprecedented rates due to human activity. Understanding ...
This is a study of the micropolitics of land and labour in the context of a wetland in western Kenya...
Despite much research on forest biodiversity in Fennoscandia, the exact mechanisms of species declin...
The aim of this dissertation was to investigate site characteristics unique to nutrient-poor, forest...
According to theory, the functional traits of species dictate how environmental selection affects th...
Boreal forest soils store a significant amount of carbon and function as a terrestrial net sink in t...
Conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests needs a holistic approach: in addition t...
Food security, environmental change and biodiversity loss are immense challenges for global agricult...
The study contributes to the studies of land cover change and sustainable development in Kenya. It s...
Taita Hills are situated in southeastern Kenya (03°20'S 38°15'E), only 350 km from the equator. Ecol...
Anthropogenic climate change is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning...
Tropical deforestation and forest degradation (DD) contribute approximately 15% of the annual global...
Africa is threatened by climate change. The adaptive capacity of local communities continues to be w...
Agriculture is an economic activity that heavily relies on the availability of natural resources. Th...
The immediate effects of two human-related vegetation disturbances, (1) green tree retention (GTR) p...
Species are declining and going extinct at unprecedented rates due to human activity. Understanding ...
This is a study of the micropolitics of land and labour in the context of a wetland in western Kenya...
Despite much research on forest biodiversity in Fennoscandia, the exact mechanisms of species declin...
The aim of this dissertation was to investigate site characteristics unique to nutrient-poor, forest...
According to theory, the functional traits of species dictate how environmental selection affects th...