Diversity and production of Ethiopian dry woodlands explained by climate- and soil-stress gradients

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1499-1509

  Eshete, Abeje ^a,b   Sterck, Frank ^a   Bongers, Frans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Dry woodlands; Ethiopia; Productivity; Species composition; Species richness

Indexed keywords

DRY SEASONS; DRY WOODLANDS; ETHIOPIA; IN-LINE; LAND SURFACE; LARGE PARTS; NATURAL VEGETATION; PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL WATER; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND VOLUME; STRESS GRADIENT; WATER STRESS; WET SEASON;

ECOSYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

CURING;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST SOIL; GRAZING; SEASONALITY; SOIL WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER STRESS;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79952451836     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.021     Document Type: Article

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