Fire effect on the coexistence of trees and grasses in savannas and the resulting outcome on organic matter budget

Interciencia

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 289-298

  San José, José J ^a   Montes, Rub́en A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Fire; Interactions; Neotropical Savannas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347799674     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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