Regrowth of a semiarid shrub following simulated browsing: The role of reserve carbon

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 647-653

  Van Der Heyden, F ^a,b   Stock, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clipping; Defoliation; Etiolated regrowth; Non structural carbohydrates; Osteospermum sinuatum

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CARBON RESERVE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ASTERACEAE; OSTEOSPERMUM SINUATUM;

EID: 0030303296     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390175     Document Type: Article

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