Persistent Soil Seed Banks for Natural Rehabilitation of Dry Tropical Forests in Northern Ethiopia

Dry tropical forests are threatened world-wide by conversion to grazing land, secondary forest, savannah or arable land. In Ethiopia, natural dry forest cover has been decreasing at an alarming rate over the last decennia and has reached a critical level. Efforts like the rehabilitation of dry fores...

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Main Authors: Gebrehiwot, K., Heyn, M., Reubens, B., Hermy, M., Muys, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux 2007-01-01
Series:Tropicultura
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Online Access:http://www.tropicultura.org/text/v25n4/204.pdf