Determinants of savanna vegetation structure: Insights from Colophospermum mopane

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-435

  Hempson, Gareth P ^a   February, Edmund C ^a   Verboom, G Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Colophospermum mopane; Inter simple sequence repeat; Savanna structure; Xylem pressure potential

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENETIC VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEGUME; SAVANNA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; XYLEM;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34248138006     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01712.x     Document Type: Article

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