Tree formations in relation with soil and grasses in a dry savanna in Mali, West Africa

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-207

  Picard, Nicolas ^a   Guéguen, Katell ^a   Abdoulaye, Haroun A ^b   Diarisso, Dalla ^b   Karembé, Moussa ^b   Birnbaum, Philippe ^a   Nasi, Robert ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Institut d'Economie Rurale Mali   (Mali)

Author keywords

Dry savanna; Mali; Tree grass relationship

Indexed keywords

GRASS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SAVANNA; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TREE;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 28244501827     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2005.00568.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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