Seasonal dynamics of plant diversity on inselbergs in the Ivory Coast (West Africa)

Botanica Acta

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 466-472

  Porembski, S ^a   Barthlott, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afrotrilepis pilosa; Coexistence; Ephemeral flush community; Equilibrium; Metapopulation dynamics; Mortality; Non equilibrium; Shallow depression community

Indexed keywords

INSELBERG; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DIVERSITY; RAINFALL; SEASONAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COMOE NATIONAL PARK; COTE D'IVOIRE;

AFROTRILEPIS PILSOA; CYPERACEAE;

EID: 0031452859     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00664.x     Document Type: Article

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