Plant functional types and climate in a southern African savanna

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 397-404

  Skarpe, Christina ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Botswana; Climate change; Gradient; Kalahari; Plant functional attribute

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGE; DRY SAVANNA; FUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTE; FUNCTIONAL TYPE; SAVANNA;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

EID: 0029660495     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236283     Document Type: Article

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