Run-on contribution to a Sahelian two-phase mosaic system: Soil water regime and vegetation life cycles

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-217

  Seghieri, Josiane ^a   Galle, Sylvie ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Banded vegetation pattern; Gradient; Leaf water potential; Life history strategy; Phenology; Water flow; Water resource

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION;

NIGER;

EID: 0032796697     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(99)80033-2     Document Type: Article

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