Growth and survival of Prosopis africana provenances tested in Niger and related to rainfall gradients in the West African Sahel

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 585-592

  Weber, John C ^a   Larwanou, Mahamane ^b   Abasse, Tougiani A ^c   Kalinganire, Antoine ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

^c Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger   (Niger)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cline; Conservation; Drought; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CANNING; DRIERS (MATERIALS); FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GRADIENT METHODS; HEALTH; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEED;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ANNUAL RAINFALL; BURKINA FASO; CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; ELSEVIER (CO); GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS; GROWTH VARIABLES; NATIVE TREES; OVER EXPLOITATION; RAINFALL PATTERNS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOUTH TO NORTH; STEM DIAMETER (SD); TREE GROWTH; TREE IMPROVEMENTS; TREE SPECIES;

ECOLOGY;

AGROFORESTRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLINE; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEGUME; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROVENANCE; SURVIVAL; TESTING METHOD;

ADAPTATION; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FOOD; GROWTH; PROVENANCE; RAIN; REFORESTATION; SAMPLES; SEEDS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AFRICA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS AFRICANA;

EID: 47049110057     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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