Reproductive effort and phenology of seed production of savanna grasses with different growth form and life history

Vegetatio

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-100

  Veenendaal, E M ^a,b,c   Ernst, W H O ^a   Modise, G S ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual grasses; Grassland disturbance; Perennial grasses; Seed size; South Eastern Botswana

Indexed keywords

GRASS; GROWTH FORM; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SAVANNA; SEED PRODUCTION;

ARISTIDA CONGESTA; CYMBOPOGON PLURINODIS; CYNODON DACTYLON; DIGITARIA ERIANTHA PENTZII; ERAGROSTIS RIGIDIOR; ERAGROSTIS SUPERBA; PANICUM COLORATUM; SCHMIDTIA PAPPOPHOROIDES; TRAGUS BERTERONIANUS; UROCHLOA PANICOIDES;

EID: 0029730465     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00044891     Document Type: Review

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