Modelling the impact of climate change on woody plant population dynamics in South African savanna

BMC Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Tews, Jörg ^a   Jeltsch, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREWIA;

RAIN;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 12344255995     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-4-17     Document Type: Article

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