Relationships between soil moisture and growth of herbaceous plants in a natural vegetation mosaic in Niger

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-102

  Seghieri, J ^a   Galle, S ^a,b   Rajot, J L ^a   Ehrmann, M ^a  

^a Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Niamey   (Nigeria)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

annual grasses; dynamics; Niger; patterned vegetation; Sahel; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

BANDED VEGETATION; GROWTH; SOIL MOISTURE; TIGER BUSH;

NIGER;

COMMELINACEAE; CYANOTIS LANATA; MICROCHLOA INDICA; POACEAE;

EID: 0031128663     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0195     Document Type: Article

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