Establishment of broad-leaved thickets in Serengeti, Tanzania: The influence of fire, browsers, grass competition, and elephants

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 599-605

  Sharam, Gregory ^a   Sinclair, A R E ^a   Turkington, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Browsing; Croton dichogamus; Elephant; Euclea divinorum; Fire; Recruitment; Savanna; Tanzania; Thicket

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; ELEPHANT; FIRE; GRASSLAND; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

BOS TAURUS; ELEPHANTIDAE; EUCLEA DIVINORUM;

EID: 33747044648     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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