Tree-grass interactions in Savannas

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 28, Issue , 1997, Pages 517-544

  Scholes, R J ^a   Archer, S R ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Fire; Herbivory; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FACILITATION; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SAVANNA; TREE;

EID: 0031464374     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.28.1.517     Document Type: Review

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