Macrotermes mounds as sites for tree regeneration in a Sudanian woodland (Burkina Faso)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-295

  Traoré, Saran ^a,d   Tigabu, Mulualem ^b   Ouédraogo, Sibiri Jean ^c   Boussim, Joseph Issaka ^a   Guinko, Sita ^a   Lepage, Michel G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^d Institut de recherche pour le developpement Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Microhabitat; Plantlets; Regeneration; Savannah; Termite mound

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERMITE; WOODLAND;

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

ACACIA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MACROTERMES SUBHYALINUS;

EID: 50849112056     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9404-3     Document Type: Article

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