Steal the light: shade vs fire adapted vegetation in forest-savanna mosaics

Charles-Dominique, T; Midgley, GF; Tomlinson, KW; Bond, WJ

Charles-Dominique, T (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Menglun 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China.

NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 2018; 218 (4): 1419

Abstract

Shade cast by trees, which suppresses grass growth, and fire fuelled by grass biomass, which prevents tree sapling establishment, are mutually exclusi......

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