"Ordinary biodiversity" in western Burkina Faso (West Africa): What vegetation do the state forests conserve?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2075-2099

  Devineau, Jean Louis ^a   Fournier, Anne ^b   Nignan, Saïbou ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Functional groups; Protected areas; Species accumulation curves; Species diversity; Sudanian savannah; Wild resources

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LAND USE PLANNING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROTECTED AREA; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION INDEX;

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

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70350620016     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9574-2     Document Type: Article

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