Acacia communities and species responses to soil and climate gradients in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 87, Issue , 2012, Pages 144-152

  Traore S ^a,b   Zerbo, L ^b   Schmidt, M ^d,e,f   Thiombiano, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^c FAO Sub Regional Office for Eastern Africa   (Ethiopia)

^d SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic species; Diversity; GAM; NMS; Optimum

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHRUB; SOIL WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WOODLAND;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUDAN;

ACACIA; ACACIA LAETA; ACACIA POLYACANTHA; ACACIA SEYAL;

EID: 84865568316     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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