Tree and grass rooting patterns in an African humid savanna

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-70

  Mordelet, Patrick ^a,b   Menaut, Jean Claude ^a   Mariotti, André ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

C3 plant; C4 plant; Carbon 13; Cote d'Ivoire; Isotope; Lamto; Root; Tree grass relationship; West Africa

Indexed keywords

GRASS; ROOTING PATTERN; SAVANNA; TREE;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

POACEAE;

EID: 0030620065     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237243     Document Type: Article

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