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Research article
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10 Jul 2017
Research article |
| 10 Jul 2017
Patterns in woody vegetation structure across African savannas
Christoffer R. Axelsson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
Niall P. Hanan
Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
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We used high-resolution satellite images to analyze woody vegetation (trees and shrubs) across African savannas. By delineating individual tree crowns we estimated the number of trees, sizes of crowns, and the spatial pattern of woody vegetation in the landscape. We find several interesting relationships for how vegetation properties (including the emergence of highly organized periodic vegetation patterns) are influenced by the local environment.
We used high-resolution satellite images to analyze woody vegetation (trees and shrubs) across...
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