... the seasonal changes in belowground biomass at different soil depths in two different Brazilian savannahs with different fire histories and to test if these seasonal changes are related to seasonal ... weather determines a strong lowering in plant metabolism during the dry winter The decrease in leaf biomass [12], the decrease in net Belowground biomass in savannahs primary production [21], ... Vegetal, Inst Ciências Biológicas, UnB, Brasília, 1980 [8] Coutinho L.M., Fire in the ecology of brazilian cerrado, in: Goldammer J.G (Ed.), Fire in Tropical Biota Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1990,...