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Comparison of aboveground vegetation and soil seed bank composition at sites of different grazing intensity around a savanna-woodland watering point in West Africa
Grazing removes a plant’s aboveground vegetative and reproductive tissues and can modify the soil seed bank, potentially impacting the restoration of preferred species. Knowledge about aboveground vegetation and species ...
GLDC-FP3-3.13 REPORT - Analyzing the impacts of GLDC innovations on the food and nutrition security in DRYDEV sites in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Dietary diversity (DD) was found to be significantly affected by households’ ethnicity, demography, garden ownership, poultry keeping, and project support. The study also revealed that respondent diversified the consumption ...
Plan Comparison Protocol: Tree Planting in Burkina Faso
Balanites aegyptiaca is a native tree species in the West African Sahel and provide food, fodder, medicine, wood for fuel, construction and other essential products (Orwa 2009, Arbonnier 2000). It belongs to the family ...
Contrasting land use systems influence soil seed bank composition and density in a rural landscape mosaic in West Africa
Soil seed banks (SSBs) play a key role in the post-disturbance recruitment of many plant species. Seed bank diversity can be influenced by spatial and environmental variability and disturbance heterogeneity across the ...