Long-term mortality patterns of the deep-rooted Acacia erioloba: The middle class shall die!

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-480

  Moustakas, Aristides ^a   Guenther, Matthias ^b   Wiegand, Kerstin ^a   Mueller, Karl Heinz ^b   Ward, David ^c   Meyer, Katrin M ^a   Jeltsch, Florian ^d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Long term data; Remote sensing; Savanna; Size dependent mortality; Size distribution; Tree death

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CANOPY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; SHRUB; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DATA;

AFRICA; DRONFIELD RANCH; KALAHARI DESERT; KIMBERLEY; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA ERIOLOBA;

EID: 33749551256     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)17[473:LMPOTD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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