Browser selectivity alters post-fire competition between Erica arborea and E. trimera in the sub-alpine heathlands of Ethiopia

Plant Ecology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-160

  Johansson, Maria ^a   Rooke, Tuulikki ^a   Fetene, Masresha ^b   Granström, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Afro alpine heathland; Browser selectivity; Erica arborea; Erica trimera; Fire management; Tannin

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HEATHLAND; MAMMAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGENERATION; SHRUB; TANNIN;

ETHIOPIA;

BOS; ERICA; ERICA ARBOREA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 75949098515     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9661-9     Document Type: Article

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