Post-fire regeneration strategies and tree bark resistance to heating in frequently burning tropical savanna woodlands and grasslands in Ethiopia

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-33

  Gashaw, Menassie ^a   Michelsen, Anders ^b   Friis, I ^b   Jensen, M ^b   Demissew, Sebsebe ^a   Woldu, Zerihun ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARK; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; REGENERATION; SAVANNA; WOODLAND;

ETHIOPIA; GAMBELLA;

POACEAE;

EID: 0036928295     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2002.tb01615.x     Document Type: Article

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