Growth dynamics of tropical savanna grass species using projection matrices

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 85-101

  Raventos J ^a   Segarra, J ^a   Acevedo, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Grass plants; Individual based models; Matrix models; Savanna; Sensitivity analysis; Triangular matrix; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAVANNA; SHOOT GROWTH; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANDROPOGON; ELYONURUS; ELYONURUS ADUSTUS; LEPTOCORYPHIUM LANATUM; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SANGUINEUM SANGUINEUM;

EID: 1842666747     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.12.044     Document Type: Article

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