Long-term effects of prescribed early fire, grazing and selective tree cutting on seedling populations in the Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-108

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

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Dry forest; Lianas; Regeneration; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DRY FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; MORPHOLOGY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGENERATION; SAVANNA; SEEDLING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES RICHNESS; VINE;

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

EID: 60849122862     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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