Niche differentiation in savannas : exploring competition-based hypotheses for inter-life form coexistence

Competition-based models predict that coexistence of trees and grasses in savannas may be possible if trees and grasses occupy different niches when exploiting limited resources such as water and nutrients. I investigated two competition-based models, each of them considering a different axis for ni...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verweij, Richard J T
Other Authors: February, Edmund C
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11041