Effects of Fire Frequency on Woody Plant Composition and Functional Traits in a Wet Savanna Ecosystem
作者： Peter Makumbe , Gift Chikorowondo , Pride Canisia Dzamara , Henry Ndaimani , Edson Gandiwa
DOI: 10.1155/2020/1672306
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摘要: … Our results demonstrated that woody plant density was lower in HFF than LFF regime. e decrease in woody density with an increase in fire return intervals corroborates well with other …
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