The role of topkill in the differential response of savanna woody species to fire

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 180, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 273-286

  Hoffmann, William A ^a   Solbrig, Otto T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Fire; Growth; Population dynamics; Savanna; Shrub; Survival; Tree

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

DEMOGRAPHY;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; FIRE; GROWTH; SAVANNA; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; TREE;

BRAZIL;

MICONIA; MICONIA ALBICANS; MYRSINE; MYRSINE FLORIDANA; MYRSINE GUIANENSIS; PERIANDRA MEDITERRANEA; PIPTOCARPHA; PIPTOCARPHA ROTUNDIFOLIA; PROTIUM; PROTIUM OVATUM; ROUPALA; ROUPALA MONTANA; ROUREA; ROUREA INDUTA;

EID: 0038607633     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00566-2     Document Type: Article

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