Human settlement and baobab distribution in south-western Mali

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1947-1961

  Duvall, Chris S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adansonia digitata; Agroforestry; Bafing; Dispersal; Landscape ecology; Point pattern analysis; Ripley's K; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPERSAL; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

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

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA;

EID: 35349001705     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01751.x     Document Type: Article

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