Canopy structure in savannas along a moisture gradient on Kalahari sands

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 292-302

  Scholes, Robert J ^a   Frost, Peter G H ^b   Tian, Yuhong ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy architecture; LAI; MODIS

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MOISTURE; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1842683875     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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