Fine-scale spatial distribution of plants and resources on a sandy soil in the Sahel

Plant and Soil

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-77

  Rietkerk, Max ^a,b   Ouedraogo, Tinrmegson ^c   Kumar, Lalit ^d   Sanou, Seydou ^b   Van Langevelde, Frank ^a   Kiema, André ^b   Van De Koppel, Johan ^a   Van Andel, Jelte ^e   Hearne, John ^f   Skidmore, Andrew K ^c   De Ridder, Nico ^a   Stroosnijder, Leo ^a   Prins, Herbert H T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Annual vegetation; Infiltration capacity; Semi arid grazing system; Soil moisture; Soil nutrients; Soil texture; Water erosion; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE SIZE; PATCHINESS; SANDY SOIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 18344362242     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014970523241     Document Type: Article

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