Artificial Germination Activation of Dialium corbisieri by Imitation of Ecological Process

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 565-575

  Beaune, David ^a,b   Bollache, Loïc ^c   Muganza, Musuyu D ^a,d   Bretagnolle, François ^b,e   Hohmann, Gottfried ^a   Fruth, Barbara ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d Ministry of Public Health   (Congo)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

African velvet tamarind; Dialium corbisieri; domestication; endozoochory; germination activation; seed dormancy; seed pretreatment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN VELVET TAMARIND; DIALIUM CORBISIERI; DOMESTICATION; ENDOZOOCHORY; PRE-TREATMENT; SEED DORMANCY;

CULTIVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SEED;

ADAPTATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOMESTICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION; POLLINATOR; RAINFOREST; SEED DORMANCY; SEED TREATMENT; SYMBIONT;

CENTRAL AFRICA;

EID: 84881012236     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2013.780199     Document Type: Article

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