Relationships between fire history, edaphic factors and woody vegetation structure and composition in a semi-arid savanna landscape (Niger, West Africa)

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 488-500

  Diouf, Abdoulaye ^a   Barbier, Nicolas ^b   Lykke, Anne Mette ^c   Couteron, Pierre ^b   Deblauwe, Vincent ^b   Mahamane, Ali ^a,d   Saadou, Mahamane ^a,d   Bogaert, Jan ^e  

^a Universite de Maradi   (Niger)

^b UMR AMAP   (France)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

MODIS; Multivariate analyses; Niger; Prescribed fire; Remote sensing; Savanna woody vegetation; W Regional Park

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866002195     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01187.x     Document Type: Article

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