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Savannas

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Savannas are open habitats typically dominated by grasses and often strongly affected by seasonal changes of rainfall. The term savanna, sabana in Spanish and savana (or campo) in Portuguese, is a West Indian expression of uncertain Caribbean origin (Huber 1987). A classical example of a savanna is the Llanos north of the Orinoco in Venezuela (Fig. 7.1).

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Lüttge, U. (1997). Savannas. In: Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03340-1_7

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