Fire season affects size and architecture of Colophospermum mopane in southern African savannas

Plant Ecology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-192

  Kennedy, A D ^a,b   Potgieter, A L F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Colophospermum mopane; Fire ecology; Fire season; Kruger National Park; Lightning; Long term field experiment; Prescribed burning; Southern Africa; Tree morphology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FIRE; LIGHTNING; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SAVANNA; SEASON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE;

EID: 0038143217     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023964815201     Document Type: Article

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