Herbaceous vegetation of seasonally wet habitats on inselbergs and lateritic crusts in West and Central Africa

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-61

  Müller, Jonas V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afrotrilepidetea pilosae; Drosero Xyridetea; Ephemeral flush vegetation; Mat vegetation; Phytogeography; Rocks outcrops; Syntaxonomy

Indexed keywords

HABITAT; INSELBERG; LANDSCAPE; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SYNTAXONOMY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33846993741     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02835101     Document Type: Article

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