Patterns of plant functional traits in the biogeography of West African grasses (Poaceae)

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 490-500

  Schmidt, Marco ^a,b,c   Thiombiano, Adjima ^d   Zizka, Alexander ^a   König, Konstantin ^e   Brunken, Ulrike ^f   Zizka, Georg ^a,b,c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^e WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^f Palmengarten   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological niche models; Macroecology; Plant functional traits; Poaceae; Sahel; Savannah

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; GROWTH FORM; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MACROECOLOGY; NICHE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BURKINA FASO; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 81855196937     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01283.x     Document Type: Article

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