Restoration of former grazing lands in the highlands of Laos using direct seeding of four native tree species: Seedling establishment and growth performance

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-243

  Sovu, ^a,b   Savadogo, Patrice ^a,c   Tigabu, Mulualem ^a   Odn, Per Christer ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^c INSTITUT DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Keteleeria evelyniana; Laos; Pinus kesiya; Quercus serrata; Reforestation; Schima wallichii; seedling emergence; seedling survival

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVERGREEN TREE; GRAZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; MICROHABITAT; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PIONEER SPECIES; REFORESTATION; SEEDING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLAND REGION;

LAOS;

KETELEERIA EVELYNIANA; PINUS KESIYA; QUERCUS SERRATA; SCHIMA WALLICHII;

EID: 77956047700     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00031.1     Document Type: Article

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