Survival and growth responses of Jatropha curcas L. to three restoration techniques on degraded soils in Burkina Faso

Annals of Forest Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-184

  Kagamebga W F ^a   Thiombiano, A ^a   Traore S ^a   Zougmore R ^b   Boussim, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Land reclamation; Soil degradation; Water harvesting; Water infiltration

Indexed keywords

JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 80053353970     PISSN: 18448135     EISSN: 20652445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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