Nipping the bud hypothesis : a comparison of savannah and forest tree responses to canopy scorch
Tree mortality, following surfaces fires, is much greater in forests than in savannas, despite similarities in the bark thickness of tree trunks. This difference is thought to influence the distributions of forest and savanna biomes. There is no consensus and very little research on how fires actual...
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University of Cape Town
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24851 |