Above ground woody community attributes, biomass and carbon stocks along a rainfall gradient in the savannas of the central lowveld, South Africa

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 184-192

  Shackleton, C M ^a,b   Scholes, R J ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allometry; Basal area; Biomass; Carbon; Lowveld; Mesophyllous; Microphyllous; Rainfall gradient; Volume

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; ARID REGION; BASAL AREA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFALL; SAMPLING; SAVANNA; STEM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VELD; VOLUME;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 78651509634     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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