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SUBMITTER: Johansson MU
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7708610 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johansson Maria Ulrika MU Abebe Firew Bekele FB Nemomissa Sileshi S Bekele Tamrat T Hylander Kristoffer K
Ambio 20200525 1
Ethiopia aims to restore 15 million ha degraded forests and woodlands, but effects on the potentially contrasting goals of long-term carbon storage, biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods are unknown. To quantify the effects of grazing exclusion on vegetation and fire behaviour, we established six 30 × 30 m fenced exclosures with grazed controls, in a mesic wooded savanna. Experimental burns were done after 1.5 years. Tree seedlings were few but more common inside fences. Field layer cover and ...[more]