Regeneration and spatial distribution of seedling populations in Sudanian dry forests in relation to conservation status and human pressure

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 339-353

  Pare, Souleymane ^a   Savadogo, Patrice ^a,b   Tigabu, Mulualem ^a   Oden, Per Christer ^a   Ouadba, Jean Marie ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Burkina faso; Clumped distribution; Dry forest; Protected areas; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION STATUS; DRY FOREST; JUVENILE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION PRESSURE; PROTECTED AREA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; COMBRETACEAE;

EID: 67849133357     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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