Statistical patterns in tropical tree cover explained by the different water demand of individual trees and grasses

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2138-2144

  Bertram, Jason ^a   Dewar, Roderick C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Diversity; Macroecology; Maximum entropy; Savannas; Tree cover; Tropical ecology

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARID REGION; COEXISTENCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; MACROECOLOGY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

DEMOGRAPHY; POACEAE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

EID: 84886526152     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0379.1     Document Type: Article

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