Spatiotemporal dynamics of coastal savannas nested in french guiana space center from pléiades imagery and aerial photographs

Viennois G., Nicolini E.A., Borne F.
2014

Savannas and tropical forests delineated by sharp boundaries are two alternative stable ecosystems. What is the natural evolution of forests over savannas in coastal savanna in French Guiana? The dynamic balance between forest advance and retreat is a response to disturbances such as fire or extreme drought events. Fire maintains savanna by its action on forest-savanna contact areas, while a dry ...

Foresterie - Considérations générales; Ecologie végétale; Taxonomie végétale et phyto-géographie; Méthodes de relevé