Exclusion of livestock grazing and wood collection in dryland savannah: An effect on long-term vegetation succession

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 408-417

  Hejcmanová, Pavla ^a   Hejcman, Michal ^a   Camara, Abdoul Aziz ^b   Antonínová, Markéta ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Degradation; Natural succession; Regeneration; Sahelian savannah; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DEFORESTATION; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; GRASS; GRAZING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATURE RESERVE; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAVANNA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOOD;

BANDIA NATURE RESERVE; SENEGAL; THIES;

ACACIA; ACACIA ATAXACANTHA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACACIA SEYAL; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; BANDIA; POACEAE;

EID: 77953695564     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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