Benjamin J. Wigley

Jan 21, 2024 | nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Corli Coetsee |Edmund C. February |Benjamin J. Wigley |Svenja Dobelmann

Introduction A characteristic of tropical savanna is the co-dominance of trees and grasses (Frost et al., 1986). In savannas, diurnal temperatures are high and rainfall is distinctly seasonal with a warm wet season and a cool dry season during which soil moisture in the upper layers of the soil falls by as much as 80% (Williams et al., 1997; Oliveira et al., 2005; Archibald et al., 2019).