Fire season affects size and architecture of Colophospermum mopane

Wildfires mat be started naturally by lightning or artificially by humans. In the savanna regions of southern africa, lightning fires tend to occur a the start of the wet season, during October and November, while anthropogenic fires are usually started during the dry season, between July and August. A long-term field manipulation experiminet initiated in the Kruger National Park in 1952 was used to explore whether this seasonal divergence affecte tree abundance, spatial pattern, size and architecture.