Constraint on woody cover in relation to nutrient content of soils in western southern Africa

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 136-148

  Mills, Anthony J ^a   Milewski, Antoni V ^a   Fey, Martin V ^a,b   Gröngröft, Alexander ^c   Petersen, Andreas ^c   Sirami, Clélia ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d C4 EcoSolutions ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CATABOLISM; DATA SET; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAINFALL; SHRUB; SOIL NUTRIENT; TRACE ELEMENT; VEGETATION COVER; WOOD; WOODLAND;

NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 84872072103     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20417.x     Document Type: Article

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