Allometric relationships and peak-season community biomass stocks of native shrubs in Senegal's Peanut Basin

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-266

  Lufafa, A ^a   Diedhiou I ^b   Ndiaye, N A S ^c   Sene M ^d   Kizito, F ^a   Dick, R P ^e   Noller, J S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inst Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles ISRA   (Senegal)

^c Centre National de Recherche Forestière of Institut Sénegalais de Recherche Agricole   (Senegal)

^d CERAAS   (Senegal)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guiera senegalensis; Piliostigma reticulatum; Sahel; Shoot:root ratio; Shrub biomass

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EQUATION; NATIVE SPECIES; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SHRUB;

AFRICA; PEANUT BASIN; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GUIERA SENEGALENSIS; PILIOSTIGMA RETICULATUM;

EID: 59349104161     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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