Effects of slash and burn practices on a soil seed bank of caatinga vegetation in Northeastern Brazil

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-470

  Mamede, M de A ^a   de Araujo F S ^b  

^a Ministério de Ciência Tecnologia e Inovação Salvador   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Biodiversity; Fire; Plant life form; Seedling emergence; Semiarid tropical zone (SAT)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CAATINGA; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FIRE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; SAVANNA; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEMIARID REGION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL; CEARA; SOBRAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39749117418     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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