Niger tiger bush as a natural water harvesting system

Catena

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 231-256

  Valentin, C ^a   D'Herbes J M ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Banded vegetation patterns; Drought; Runoff; Surface conditions; Surface crusting; Water harvesting

Indexed keywords

BUSHLAND; VEGETATION COVER; WATER USE;

NIGER;

EID: 0032776192     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(98)00061-7     Document Type: Article

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