Tree layer spatial structure can affect savanna production and water budget: Results of a 3-D model

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1879-1894

  Simioni, Guillaume ^a,c   Gignoux, Jacques ^a   Le Roux, Xavier ^b,d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Ivory Coast; Lamto; Leaf area index (LAI); Net primary production; Spatial patterns; Three dimensional ecosystem models; Three dimensional ray tracing; Transpiration; Tree cover; Tree grass interactions

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAVANNA; STAND STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0345447167     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1879:TLSSCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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