Fire induced stem death in an African acacia is not caused by canopy scorching

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 892-896

  Balfour, David A ^a,b,c   Midgley, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Research Centre   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATION NETWORK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African acacia; Fire; Savanna; Stem death; Topkill; Xylem conductivity

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST FIRE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; SAVANNA; SHRUB; XYLEM;

AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA KARROO;

EID: 33749573198     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01656.x     Document Type: Article

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