Impact of Macrotermes termitaria as a source of heterogeneity on tree diversity and structure in a Sudanian savannah under controlled grazing and annual prescribed fire (Burkina Faso)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2337-2346

  Traoré, Saran ^a,c   Nygård, Robert ^b   Guinko, Sita ^a   Lepage, Michel ^c  

^a UFR   (Burkina Faso)

^b Styrelsen for Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Heterogeneity; Macrotermes termitaria; Savannah woodland; Tree diversity; Tree structure

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; MACROTERMES TERMITARIA; TREE DIVERSITY; TREE STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REFUGE; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERMITE; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; HETEROGENEITY; PLANTS;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIOGO FOREST; WEST AFRICA;

BOSCIA SENEGALENSIS; CADABA FARINOSA; CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS SEPIARIA; MACROTERMES; MACROTERMES SUBHYALINUS; MAERUA ANGOLENSIS; TAMARINDUS INDICA; TERMITARIA;

EID: 41949108732     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.045     Document Type: Article

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