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Structural, physiognomic and above-ground biomass variation in savanna–forest transition zones on three continents – how different are co-occurring savanna and forest formations?
E. M. Veenendaal
Centre for Ecosystem Studies, University of Wageningen, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
M. Torello-Raventos
School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld, Australia
T. R. Feldpausch
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, England, UK
T. F. Domingues
School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
F. Gerard
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, England, UK
F. Schrodt
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, England, UK
School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld, Australia
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
C. A. Quesada
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, England, UK
G. Djagbletey
Forest Research Institute of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana
A. Ford
CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences Tropical Forest Research Centre, Atherton, Qld, Australia
J. Kemp
Australian Tropical Forest Research Institute, Cairns, Australia
B. S. Marimon
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brazil
B. H. Marimon-Junior
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brazil
E. Lenza
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brazil
J. A. Ratter
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
L. Maracahipes
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brazil
D. Sasaki
Fundação Ecológica Cristalino, Alta Floresta, Brazil
B. Sonké
Department of Biology, University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon
L. Zapfack
Department of Biology, University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon
D. Villarroel
Museo Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
M. Schwarz
Fieldwork Assistance, Jena, Germany
F. Yoko Ishida
School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld, Australia
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil
M. Gilpin
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, England, UK
G. B. Nardoto
Universidade de Brasilia, DF, Brazil
K. Affum-Baffoe
Resource Management Support Centre, Forestry Commission of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana
L. Arroyo
Museo Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
K. Bloomfield
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, England, UK
G. Ceca
Centre for Ecosystem Studies, University of Wageningen, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
H. Compaore
Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
K. Davies
School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld, Australia
A. Diallo
Centre National des Semences Forestières, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
N. M. Fyllas
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, England, UK
J. Gignoux
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris CEDEX 05, France
F. Hien
Centre National des Semences Forestières, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
M. Johnson
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, England, UK
E. Mougin
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France
P. Hiernaux
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France
T. Killeen
Museo Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC, USA
D. Metcalfe
CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences Tropical Forest Research Centre, Atherton, Qld, Australia
H. S. Miranda
Universidade de Brasilia, DF, Brazil
M. Steininger
Conservation International, Washington DC, USA
K. Sykora
Centre for Ecosystem Studies, University of Wageningen, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
M. I. Bird
School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld, Australia
J. Grace
School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
S. Lewis
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, England, UK
Department of Geography, University College London, England, UK
O. L. Phillips
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, England, UK
School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld, Australia
Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, England, UK
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When nearby forest and savanna stands are compared, they are not as structurally different as first seems. Moreover, savanna-forest transition zones typically occur at higher rainfall for South America than for Africa but with coexistence confined to a well-defined edaphic-climate envelope. With interacting soil cation-soil water storage–precipitations effects on canopy cover also observed we argue that both soils and climate influence the location of the two major tropical vegetation types.
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