Woody plant diversity and stand structure in the comoe-leraba reserve, southwestern burkina faso (West Africa)

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-123

  Gnoumou, Assan ^a   Bognounou, Fidèle ^a   Hahn, Karen ^b   Thiombiano, Adjima ^a  

^a Ougadougou University   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community; Conservation; Ecosystems; Management; Protected area

Indexed keywords

ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPA; ARTICLE; BERLINIA GRANDIFLORA; BURKINA FASO; DETARIUM MICROCARPUM; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GUIBOURTIA COPALLIFERA; ISOBERLINIA DOKA; ISOPTERA; MITRAGYNA INERMIS; MONOTES KERTINJII; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT TAXONOMY; RIVER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYZYGIUM GUINEENSE; TAMARIND; TERMINALIA MACROPTERA; VEGETATION; WOODY PLANT;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 79959825858     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2011.111.123     Document Type: Article

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