Savanna formations: ecology and environment

Auteur :
FURLEY, P.

Description :
A number of points can be distilled from this review concerning the current state of research in savannas areas. Work on the dynamics of forest-savanna boundaries and increasing understanding of the rates of change indicate a sensitive response to global, regional,as well as local environmental controls. Savannas are more biologically rich and diverse in terms of soil-plant-animal relationships than generally appreciated. Current research is concentrated in a number of geographic regions, notably the humid savannas of the Venezuelan Llanos, Brazilian cerrado, Guinean and Sudan zones and Nigeria, and the semi-arid savannas.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Progress in physical geography, issn : 0309-1333, 1994, vol. 18, n°. 2, p. 276-294, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 133 ref.

Date :
1994

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Sage Publications