Environmental influence on canopy phenology in the dry tropics

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 215, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 319-328

  Do, Frederic C ^a   Goudiaby, Venceslas A ^b   Gimenez, Olivier ^a   Diagne, Amadou L ^b   Diouf, Mayecor ^b   Rocheteau, Alain ^a   Akpo, Leonard E ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Acacia tortilis; Canopy fullness; Evaporative demand; Leaf fall; Leaf flushing; Sahelian Africa; Soil water availability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

CANOPY FULLNESS; EVAPORATIVE DEMANDS; LEAF FALL; LEAF FLUSHING; SAHELIAN AFRICA; SOIL WATER AVAILABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; LITTERFALL; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL WATER;

ACACIA TORTILIS; GROUND WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

ACACIA; ACACIA TORTILIS;

EID: 24944482581     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.022     Document Type: Article

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