Rivalry for nutrient resources : is there competition below ground between leguminous trees and grasses in a mesic and arid savanna in the Kruger National Park?
As described in the resource-based co-existence theory, trees and grasses are able to co-occur due to partitioning of the edaphic environment in savannas. This study describes the fine root-distribution of dominant leguminous C₃ trees and C₄ grasses relative to soil nitrogen, phosphorus and water pr...
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University of Cape Town
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25558 |