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| Title: | Long-term effects of fire frequency and season on herbaceous vegetation in savannas of the Kruger National Park, South Africa |
| Authors: | Smith, MD
Van Wilgen, BW
Burns, CE
Govender, N
Potgieter, ALF
Andelman, S
Biggs, HC
Botha, J
Trollope, WSW |
| Keywords: | Savannas
Fire frequency
Fire season
Kruger National Park
Herbaceous vegetation
Climate
Grass
Fire intensity
Herbivory
Soil
Fertility |
| Issue Date: | May-2012 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press on behalf of the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Botanical Society of China |
| Citation: | Smith, MD, Van Wilgen, BW, Burns, CE, Govender, N, Potgieter, ALF, Andelman, S, Biggs, HC, Botha, J and Trollope, WSW. 2012. Long-term effects of fire frequency and season on herbaceous vegetation in savannas of the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Journal of Plant Ecology, doi: 10.1093/jpe/rts014 |
| Series/Report no.: | Workflow;9289 |
| Abstract: | The long-term effects of changing fire regimes on the herbaceous component of savannas are poorly understood but essential for understanding savanna dynamics. We present results from one of the longest running (>44 years) fire experiments in savannas, the experimental burn plots (EBPs), which is located in the Kruger National Park (South Africa) and encompasses four major savanna vegetation types that span broad spatial gradients of rainfall (450–700mm) and soil fertility. |
| Description: | Copyright: The Author 2012. This is an ABSTRACT ONLY. |
| URI: | http://jpe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/05/09/jpe.rts014.short?rss=1
http://jpe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/05/09/jpe.rts014.full.pdf+html
http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6085 |
| ISSN: | 1752-9921 |
| Appears in Collections: | Ecosystems processes & dynamics
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