Neighbourhood analysis in the savanna palm Borassus aethiopum: Interplay of intraspecific competition and soil patchiness

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-88

  Barot, Sébastien ^a   Gignoux, Jacques ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Leaf number increment; Neighbourhood effect; Progression; Seedling; Soil heterogeneity; Spatial pattern; West Africa

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

BORASSUS; BORASSUS AETHIOPUM; ISOPTERA;

EID: 0038735637     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02130.x     Document Type: Article

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