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Effect of intensity and frequency of defoliation on aerial growth and carbohydrate reserve levels in Acacia karroo plants

W.R. Teague Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (Eastern Cape Region), Private Bag X15, Stutterheim, 930, Republic of South Africa
Pages 132-138 | Accepted 04 Jan 1989, Published online: 29 Oct 2010

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Caryn A Penderis & Kevin P Kirkman. (2014) Savanna browse production. 2: Prediction. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 31:1, pages 25-36.
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W.R. Teague & G.N. Smit. (1992) Relations between woody and herbaceous components and the effects of bush‐clearing in southern African savannas. Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa 9:2, pages 60-71.
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Lucía S. Mochi, Martín R. Aguiar, Melina J. Aranda, Fernando Biganzoli & Noemí Mazía. (2023) Savanna tree regrowth after defoliation explained by bud activation rather than reserve mobilization. Forest Ecology and Management 539, pages 121009.
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Peter F. Scogings & An De Fortier. (2020) Severe simulated herbivory constrains Sclerocarya birrea saplings regardless of resource availability . Austral Ecology 46:3, pages 475-485.
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Peter Frank Scogings & Mahesh Sankaran. 2019. Savanna Woody Plants and Large Herbivores. Savanna Woody Plants and Large Herbivores 683 712 .
Peter Frank Scogings & Juan H. Gowda. 2019. Savanna Woody Plants and Large Herbivores. Savanna Woody Plants and Large Herbivores 489 549 .
Emmanuel Chidumayo. (2015) Dry season watering alters the significance of climate factors influencing phenology and growth of saplings of savanna woody species in central Zambia, southern Africa. Austral Ecology 40:7, pages 794-805.
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Peter F. Scogings, Robert W. Taylor & David Ward. (2011) Inter- and intra-plant variations in nitrogen, tannins and shoot growth of Sclerocarya birrea browsed by elephants. Plant Ecology 213:3, pages 483-491.
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Alexander E. N. Schutz, William J. Bond & Michael D. Cramer. (2010) Defoliation depletes the carbohydrate reserves of resprouting Acacia saplings in an African savanna. Plant Ecology 212:12, pages 2047-2055.
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Alexander Ernest Noel Schutz, William J. Bond & Michael D. Cramer. (2009) Juggling carbon: allocation patterns of a dominant tree in a fire-prone savanna. Oecologia 160:2, pages 235-246.
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Emmanuel Ngulube Chidumayo. (2007) Growth responses of an African savanna tree, Bauhinia thonningii Schumacher, to defoliation, fire and climate. Trees 21:2, pages 231-238.
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Juan Gowda & Estela Raffaele. (2004) Spine production is induced by fire: a natural experiment with three Berberis species. Acta Oecologica 26:3, pages 239-245.
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