Effects of fire on germination of Pterocarpus angolensis

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-120

  Banda, Tasila ^a   Schwartz, Mark W ^a   Caro, Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Katavi ecosystem; Miombo

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FRUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEED; WOOD;

KATAVI ECOSYSTEM; MIOMBO; SEED GERMINATION;

FORESTRY;

CROP YIELD; FIRE; FRUIT; GERMINATION; LEGUME; PERSISTENCE;

DORMANCY; FIRES; FORESTRY; FRUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WOOD;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

FABACEAE; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS;

EID: 33747144449     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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