@article{fdi:010012746,
  title = {{U}nderstory vegetation in fast-growing tree plantations on savanna soils in {C}ongo},
  author = {{L}oumeto, {J}.{J}. and {H}uttel, {C}harles},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he hypothesis that tree plantations may catalyze the regeneration of natural forest biodiversity was tested through studies of floristic diversity and structure in fast-growing tree plantations in the {C}ongo. {S}tudy sites included experimental and industrial plantations on poor sandy coastal soils near {P}ointe-{N}oire, and experimental plantations on clay soils near {L}oudima. {T}he effects of plantations species, plantation age (in 6- to 20-year-old eucalypt stands), disturbance due to herbicide use and fire, proximity to natural forest, and soils on understory plant diversity were studied. {T}hese plantations were compared to the native savanna ecosystem and to adjacent natural secondary forest stands. {V}egetation diversity was assessed through analyses of floristic composition, species richness and frequency. {F}orest species were dominant in the understory of most plantations, especially in the older stands. {H}owever, the forest species established in plantation understories were quite different from those from adjacent natural forest stands. #{P}reman lucens$, #{P}sorospermum tenuifolium$ and #{P}sychotria$ cf. #peduncularis$ were the most important forest species found in most eucalypt plantations and in #{P}inus caribae$ and #{A}cacia auriculiformis$ plantations. #{A}lchornea cordifolia$, #{A}nthocleista nobilis$, #{B}arteria nigritiana$ and #{B}ertiera$ cf. #batesii$ were also important. {T}he savanna species #{E}riosema erici-rosenii$, #{A}nnona arenaria$ and #{L}oudetia arundinacea$ were encountered in many plots. {H}erbaceous species were dominant in the younger and disturbed plantation stands. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{FORESTERIE} ; {PLANTATION} {EXPERIMENTALE} ; {PLANTATION} {INDUSTRIELLE} ; {SAVANE} ; {FLORE} ; {REGENERATION} ; {BIODIVERSITE} ; {CONGO} ; {POINTE} {NOIRE} {REGION} ; {LOUDIMA} {REGION}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}orest {E}cology and {M}anagement},
  volume = {99},
  numero = {},
  pages = {65--81},
  ISSN = {0378-1127},
  year = {1997},
  DOI = {10.1016/{S}0378-1127(97)00195-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010012746},
}