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Dominant species' resprout biomass dynamics after cutting in the Sudanian savanna-woodlands of West Africa: long term effects of annual early fire and grazing

  • Sidzabda Djibril Dayamba
  • , Patrice Savadogo
  • , L. Sawadogo
  • , D. Zida
  • , D. Tiveau
  • , Per Christer Oden

Publication: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

Abstract

Moderate livestock grazing could be integrated in the forest management prescriptions in Burkina Faso for the sake of multi-purpose uses, while more attention should be paid to burning practices to lower fire severity, as complete fire exclusion is utopian in this savanna ecosystem.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)555-564
Number of pages10
JournalAnnals of Forest Science
Volume68
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

  • Disturbance
  • Forest regeneration
  • Sustainable forest management
  • Tropical ecosystems

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