Record Details

The role of surface water redistribution in an area of patterned vegetation in a semi-arid environment, south-west Niger

OAR@ICRISAT

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/8077/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03322-7
 
Title The role of surface water redistribution in an area of patterned vegetation in a semi-arid environment, south-west Niger
 
Creator Bromley, J
Brouwer, J
Barker, A P
Gaze, S R
Valentine, C
 
Subject Climate change
 
Description The surface hydrology of a semi-arid area of patterned vegetation in south-west Niger is described. In this region alternating bands of vegetation and bare ground aligned along the contours of a gently sloping terrain give rise to a phenomenon known as `brousse tigrée' (tiger bush). At the selected study site the vegetation bands are 10–30 m wide, separated by 50–100-m-wide bands of bare ground. Five species of shrub dominate, Guiera senegalensis, Combretum micranthum, C. nigricans, Acacia ataxacantha and A. macrostachya. Herbaceous vegetation is generally limited to the upslope edges of vegetation bands.
A comprehensive field programme was undertaken to investigate the hydrology. Topographic, vegetation and surface feature surveys were carried out in conjunction with the measurement of rainfall, surface and subsurface hydraulic conductivity, particle size and soil moisture content...
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 1997
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Rights —
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/8077/1/Journal%20of%20Hydrology_198-1-4_1-29_1997.pdf
Bromley, J and Brouwer, J and Barker, A P and Gaze, S R and Valentine, C (1997) The role of surface water redistribution in an area of patterned vegetation in a semi-arid environment, south-west Niger. Journal of Hydrology, 198 (1-4). pp. 1-29. ISSN 0022-1694