Characterisation of riparian woodlands and their potential water loss in the distal Okavango Delta, Botswana

Applied Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-302

  Ringrose, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Okavango Delta; Plant phenology; Riparian transpiration; Wet dry floodplains

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN FOREST; THEMATIC MAPPING; WATER UPTAKE;

BOTSWANA; OKAVANGO DELTA;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0344513424     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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