Spatial and temporal woodland patterns along the lower Turkwel River, Kenya

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 224-236

  Stave, Jørn ^a   Oba, Gufu ^b   Bjorå, Charlotte S ^a   Mengistu, Zelalem ^c   Nordal, Inger ^a   Stenseth, Nils C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Floodplain vegetation; Riverine woodlands; Semi arid; Turkana; Turkwel River; Vegetation patches

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION MAPPING; WOODLAND;

KENYA;

ACACIA TORTILIS; CADABA; HYPHAENE; HYPHAENE COMPRESSA; PROSOPIS CHILENSIS;

EID: 0141958789     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2003.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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