GRASS PRODUCTION AND DECOMPOSITION IN SOUTHERN GUINEA SAVANNA, NIGERIA

被引：27

作者：

OHIAGU, CE ^{[1
]}

WOOD, TG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] TERMITE RES PROJECT,AGR RES STN,MOKWA,NIGERIA

来源：

OECOLOGIA | 1979年 / 40卷 / 02期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1007/BF00347933

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Annual grass production in ungrazed plots was 2,731 kg ha-1, litter production was 1,619 kg ha-1 and decomposition was 1,789 kg ha-1. In grazed plots the corresponding figures were 3,157 kg ha-1, 1,440 kg ha-1, and 1,475 kg ha-1 respectively; cattle consumed 1,405 kg ha-1. Litter disappearance was greatest in the dry season: 1,226 kg ha-1 (69% of the annual total) disappearing in the 4 months of December to March in the ungrazed plots, largely due to consumption (790 kg ha-1 in December to March) by fungus-growing termites (Macrotermitinae). A positive linear relationship was found between maximum grass biomass and annual rainfall in West Africa. © 1979 Springer-Verlag.

引用

页码：155 / 165

页数：11

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