Seed germination of herbaceous and woody species of the Sudanian savanna-woodland in response to heat shock and smoke

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 462-470

  Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril ^a   Tigabu, Mulualem ^a   Sawadogo, Louis ^b   Oden, Per Christer ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Combretaceae; Fire; Germination; Leguminosae; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

COMBRETACEAE; FIRE PRONE; HEAT SHOCKS; LEGUMINOSAE; POACEAE; SEED GERMINATION; VEGETATION COMMUNITIES; WOODY SPECIES;

AEROSOL; ANGIOSPERM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GERMINATION; HEAT SHOCK; LEGUME; SAVANNA; SMOKE; WOODLAND; WOODY PLANT;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; WEST AFRICA;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GAYANUS; ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPA; COMBRETACEAE; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM GLUTINOSUM; COMBRETUM NIGRICANS; FABACEAE; POACEAE; PTELEOPSIS SUBEROSA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA AVICENNIOIDES;

EID: 45849148048     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.04.051     Document Type: Article

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