Seed provenance and latitudinal gradient effects on seed germination capacity and seedling establishment of five indigenous species in Burkina Faso

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-220

  Bognounou, Fidele ^a,b   Thiombiano, Adjima ^a   Oden, Per Christer ^b   Guinko, Sita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Combretaceae; Germination capacity; Growth rate; Plantation; Restoration; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; PROVENANCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

BURKINA FASO;

ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPA; COMBRETACEAE; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM ACULEATUM; COMBRETUM MICRANTHUM; COMBRETUM NIGRICANS; PTELEOPSIS SUBEROSA;

EID: 77049094453     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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