Rainfall and topo-edaphic influences on woody community phenology in South African savannas

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-136

  Shackleton, Charlie M ^a,b  

^a Wits Rural Facility   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bottomlands; Community phenology; Lowveld; Rainfall gradient; Savanna; Soil moisture; South africa; Toplands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033434070     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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