Vegetation structure characteristics and relationships of Kalahari woodlands and savannas

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-291

  Privette, Jeffrey L ^a   Tian, Y ^b   Roberts, G ^c   Scholes, R J ^d   Wang, Y ^b   Caylor, K K ^e   Frost, P ^f   Mukelabai, M ^g  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^g Zambian Meteorological Service   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Clumping; Kalahari; Leaf sea index; SAFARI 2000; Savanna; Scaling; Semi arid; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; SAVANNA; TRANSECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

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

EID: 1842734069     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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