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African Journal of Range & Forage Science Volume 13, 1996 - Issue 2
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Review article: Vegetative growth, reproduction, browse production and response to tree clearing of woody plants in African savanna

G.N. Smit Department of Grassland Science, University of the Orange Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, Republic of South Africa
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N.F.G. Rethman Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, Republic of South Africa
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A. Moore Department of Agriculture, Nooitgedacht Agricultural Development Centre, P.O. Box 3, Ermelo, 2350, Republic of South Africa
Pages 78-88 | Received 27 Mar 1996, Accepted 31 Aug 1996, Published online: 29 Oct 2010

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Gert N Smit. (2005) Tree thinning as an option to increase herbaceous yield of an encroached semi-arid savanna in South Africa. BMC Ecology 5:1.
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Kerstin Wiegand, David WardDavid Saltz. (2005) Multi‐scale patterns and bush encroachment in an arid savanna with a shallow soil layer. Journal of Vegetation Science 16:3, pages 311-320.
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