Hydrologic and land use impacts on vegetation growth and NPP at the watershed scale in a semi-arid environment

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 147-156

  Boulain, N ^a,b   Cappelaere, B ^b   Seguis L ^c   Gignoux, J ^a   Peugeot, C ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement IRD   (Benin)

Author keywords

Climate change; Millet; Savanna; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646736550     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-006-0014-0     Document Type: Article

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