Buried but unsafe – defoliation depletes the underground storage organ (USO) of the mesic grassland geophyte, Hypoxis hemerocallidea - Morris, Craig D (bioRxiv, 2021)
Keywords: Biomass; Burning; Carbohydrates; Corms; Defoliation; Ecology; Flowers; Forbs; Grasslands; Grazing; Hypoxis; Livestock; Minerals; Mowing; Photosynthesis; Rhizomes; Rootstocks; Species richness; Stocking rates; Storage organs; Trampling; Underground storage; fire; overgrazing; belowground biomass; biodiversity; forbs