Differences between banded thickets (tiger bush) at two sites in West Africa

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-328

  Couteron, Pierre ^a   Mahamane, Ali ^b   Ouedraogo, Paul ^c   Seghieri, Josiane ^d  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

^c INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Mortality; Niger; Recruitment; Seedling; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SENESCENCE; SHRUB; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

(WEST); AFRICA;

EID: 0034210855     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236624     Document Type: Article

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