Temporally variable rainfall does not limit yields of Serengeti grasses

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 463-470

  Williams, Kevin J ^a,b   Wilsey, Brian J ^a,c   McNaughton, Samuel J ^a   Banyikwa, Feetham F ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; RAINFALL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; YIELD;

THEMEDA TRIANDRA;

EID: 0031960725     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546768     Document Type: Article

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