Effects of four decades of fire manipulation on woody vegetation structure in Savanna.

作者: Steven I Higgins , William J Bond , Edmund C February , Andries Bronn , Douglas IW Euston-Brown

DOI: 10.1890/06-1664

关键词: Environmental scienceBiomass (ecology)Carbon sequestrationFire ecologyEcosystemEcologyVegetationAgroforestryFire regimeWoody plantTree density

摘要: The amount of carbon stored in savannas represents a significant uncertainty in global carbon budgets, primarily because fire causes actual biomass to differ from potential biomass. …

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