Which traits determine shifts in the abundance of tree species in a fire-prone savanna?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1400-1410

  Higgins, Steven I ^a   Bond, William J ^b   Combrink, Henri ^b,c   Craine, Joseph M ^d   February, Edmund C ^b   Govender, Navashni ^c   Lannas, Kathryn ^b   Moncreiff, Glenn ^a   Trollope, Winston S W ^e  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Working On Fire International   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Fire; Growth; Plant functional traits; Savanna; Shifts in abundance; Topkill

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; BARK; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FIRE HISTORY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAVANNA; STEM; TOLERANCE;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84867799039     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.02026.x     Document Type: Article

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