Hazel Margaret Chapman

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Fruit and seed traits of some Afromontane and some more widespread African tree species?

I am looking at fruit and seed traits in relation to passive forest restoration. The data include: Fruit Wet weight (g); Fruit Width (mm) ;Fruit Length (mm) ;Fruit Dry weight; # seeds ;Total...

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Does anyone know of websites with plant trait data?

I am looking into differences in plant traits between tropical montane and tropical lowland forest. I'm especially interested in reproductive traits. Does anyone know of large data sets available...

11 September 2014 4,902 4 View

What ratios of adult trees to saplings indicate healthy recruitment in a tropical forest?

In Ngel Nyaki montane forest we are noticing large apparent mis-matches between number of adults and number of saplings (recruiting generation). It seems in some species there are almost nil...

17 July 2014 6,020 11 View

Will the colour of the mesh on our seed traps affect frugivore behavior?

In my absence the field assistants at the Nigerian Montane Forest Project have rebuilt our seed traps very well using strong mesh as requested. However the mesh is of different colours - Some...

15 June 2014 8,816 7 View

Forest or grassland naturally dominate in Afromontane landscapes?

I know that Peter Linder has evidence for grasslands being the dominant vegetation type in southern Afromontane areas and forests restricted to areas protected from fire (Meadows and Linder...

01 January 1970 1,170 6 View