Role of topography in facilitating coexistence of trees and grasses within savannas

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Kim, Yeonjoo ^a   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Savannas; Topography; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

GRASSES; GROUNDWATER TABLE (GWT); SAVANNAS;

FORESTRY;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SAVANNA; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

IBIS; POACEAE;

EID: 4143153894     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002578     Document Type: Article

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