Initial seedling morphological characteristics and field performance of two Sudanian savanna species in relation to nursery production period and watering regimes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2151-2162

  Zida, Didier ^a,b   Tigabu, Mulualem ^a   Sawadogo, Louis ^b   Odén, Per Christer ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Acacia macrostachya; Drought tolerance; Field performance; Pterocarpus erinaceus; Root:shoot ratio; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; IRRIGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NURSERY PRODUCTION; WATERING;

FORESTRY;

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FIELD METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SAVANNA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOODY PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; IRRIGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLINGS;

AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA MACROSTACHYA; ERINACEIDAE; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS;

EID: 41949134926     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.029     Document Type: Article

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