Heavy rain doesn't mean more trees in African savanna

ENN
Oct 20, 2015, 10:38 am31 pts
In 2011, satellite images of the African savannas revealed a mystery: these rolling grasslands, with their heavy rainfalls and spells of drought, were home to significantly fewer trees than researchers had expected. Scientists supposed that the ecosystem's high annual precipitation would result in greater tree…

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