Effects of fire and defoliation on the life history of native and invader C4 grasses in a Neotropical savanna

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 510-520

  Baruch, Zdravko ^a   Bilbao, Bibiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Carbon assimilation; Hyparrhenia; Trachypogon; Water relations

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; FIRE; HERBIVORY; SAVANNA;

HYPARRHENIA RUFA; TRACHYPOGON PHONOSUS;

EID: 0033037489     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050814     Document Type: Article

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