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Fire Ecology

Table 1 Classification of the grass sward in terms of ecological categories according to a grazing gradient.

From: Personal Perspectives on Commercial versus Communal African Fire Paradigms when Using Fire to Manage Rangelands for Domestic Livestock and Wildlife in Southern and East African Ecosystems

Decreaser species

Grass and herbaceous species that decrease when rangeland is under or over grazed

Increaser I species

Grass and herbaceous species that increase when rangeland is under or selectively grazed;

Increaser II species

Grass and herbaceous species that increase when rangeland is over grazed

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