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Relation between rainfall intensity and savanna tree abundance explained by water use strategies

Tree abundance in tropical savannas exhibits large and unexplained spatial variability. Here, we propose that differentiated tree and grass water use strategies can explain the observed negative relation between maximum tree abundance and rainfall intensity (defined as the characteristic rainfall de...

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Pubblicato in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Autori principali: Xu, Xiangtao, Medvigy, David, Rodriguez-Iturbe, Ignacio
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: National Academy of Sciences 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620860/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26438847
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1517382112
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