Population structure of three woody species in four ethnic domains of the sub-sahel of Burkina Faso

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 519-529

  Sop, T K ^a   Oldeland, J ^a   Schmiedel, U ^a   Ouedraogo, I ^b   Thiombiano, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Population structure; Regeneration; Size class distribution (SCD); Species dynamics; Sub Sahel

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; POPULATION STRUCTURES; REGENERATION; SIZE-CLASS DISTRIBUTION (SCD); SUB-SAHEL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ECOLOGY;

POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAPLING; SEEDLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WOODY PLANT;

BURKINA FASO;

ACACIA; ACACIA SEYAL; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS LUCENS;

EID: 81855210969     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1026     Document Type: Article

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