Effects of end of dry season shoot removal on the growth of three savanna grasses with different phenologies

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 430-438

  Silva, Juan F ^a   Raventós, José ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clipping; Compensatory growth; Defoliation; Fire; Grasses; Phenology; Savanna; Tillering; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FIRE; GROWTH; SAVANNA;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON SEMIBERBIS; LEPTOCORYPHIUM LANATUM; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SANGUINEUM SANGUINEUM; TRACHYPOGON; TRACHYPOGON PLUMOSUS;

EID: 0032743515     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00385.x     Document Type: Article

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