Ecological buffering mechanisms in savannas: A unifying theory of long-term tree-grass coexistence

Plant Ecology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 161-171

  Jeltsch, Florian ^a   Weber, Gerhard E ^b   Grimm, Volker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Browsing; Fire; Long term dynamics; Microsites; Stability concepts; System boundaries

Indexed keywords

BUFFERING; COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GRASS; SAVANNA; TREE;

EID: 0034492132     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026590806682     Document Type: Conference Paper

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