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Grass production and decomposition in Southern Guinea savanna, Nigeria.

C E Ohiagu1, T G Wood1.   

Abstract

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.

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Year:  1979        PMID： 28309514     DOI： 10.1007/BF00347933

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Oecologia        ISSN： 0029-8549            Impact factor:   3.225


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2.  Vegetation and litter production in Southern Guinea savanna, Nigeria.

Authors:  N M Collins
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1977-06       Impact factor: 3.225

3.  A quantitative study of seasonal foraging by the grass harvesting termite, Trinervitermes geminatus (Wasmann), (Isoptera, Nasutitermitinae) in Southern Guinea savanna, Mokwa, Nigeria.

Authors:  C E Ohiagu
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1979-01       Impact factor: 3.225

4.  Nest and soil populations of Trinervitermes spp. with particular reference to T. geminatus (Wasmann), (Isoptera), in Southern Guinea savanna near Mokwa, Nigeria.

Authors:  C E Ohiagu
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1979-01       Impact factor: 3.225
  4 in total
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1.  Decomposition of grasses in Nairobi National Park, Kenya.

Authors:  Ian Deshmukh
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1985-08       Impact factor: 3.225

2.  The role of termites in the decomposition of wood and leaf litter in the Southern Guinea savanna of Nigeria.

Authors:  N M Collins
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1981-01       Impact factor: 3.225

3.  A quantitative study of seasonal foraging by the grass harvesting termite, Trinervitermes geminatus (Wasmann), (Isoptera, Nasutitermitinae) in Southern Guinea savanna, Mokwa, Nigeria.

Authors:  C E Ohiagu
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1979-01       Impact factor: 3.225

4.  Nest and soil populations of Trinervitermes spp. with particular reference to T. geminatus (Wasmann), (Isoptera), in Southern Guinea savanna near Mokwa, Nigeria.

Authors:  C E Ohiagu
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1979-01       Impact factor: 3.225

5.  Invasive Andropogon gayanus (Gamba grass) alters litter decomposition and nitrogen fluxes in an Australian tropical savanna.

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Journal:  Sci Rep       Date:  2017-09-15       Impact factor: 4.379

6.  Nest Population Structure and Wood Litter Consumption by Microcerotermes indistinctus (Isoptera) in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest, Northeastern Brazil.

Authors:  Reberth R B Barca; Emanuelly F Lucena; Alexandre Vasconcellos
Journal:  Insects       Date:  2018-08-10       Impact factor: 2.769
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