Woody vegetation spatial patterns in a semi-arid savanna of Burkina Faso, West Africa

Plant Ecology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-227

  Couteron, Pierre ^a   Kokou, Kouami ^b  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

Author keywords

Density regulation; Recruitment; Sahel; Second order spatial analysis; Spatial point processes

Indexed keywords

SAVANNA; SPATIAL PATTERN; WOODY VEGETATION;

BURKINA FASO;

ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPUS; COMBRETACEAE; COMBRETUM MICRANTHUM; FABACEAE; GREWIA BICOLOR; PTEROCARPUS LUCENS; TILIACEAE;

EID: 0030885222     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009723906370     Document Type: Article

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