Stability of wooded patches in a South African nutrient-poor grassland: Do nutrients, fire or herbivores limit their expansion?

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 529-537

  Mourik, Anja A ^a,b   Van Langevelde, Frank ^a   Van Tellingen, Esther ^a   Heitkönig, Ignas M A ^a   Gaigher, Ian ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Lajuma Environmental Research Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Browsing; Facilitation; Fire; Soil heterogeneity; Soil moisture; Soil nutrients; Tree island; Tree seedling

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BROWSING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; FIRE; GRASSLAND; GRASSLAND SOIL; HERBIVORE; MAIZE; NUTRIENT; SEEDLING; SOIL MOISTURE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35348923399     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407004282     Document Type: Article

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