Tree-grass competition for soil water in arid and semiarid savannas: The role of rainfall intermittency

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 169-181

  D'Onofrio, Donatella ^a,b   Baudena, Mara ^c   D'Andrea, Fabio ^d   Rietkerk, Max ^c   Provenzale, Antonello ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

implicit space models; precipitation; savanna; tree life stage structure; water competition

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; SEED; SOIL MOISTURE;

DYNAMICAL PROCESS; LIFE STAGES; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPE; SAVANNA; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SPACE MODELS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRASS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPACE USE; TREE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MODELS; TREES; WATER;

POACEAE;

EID: 85027951352     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015515     Document Type: Article

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