0 plants that grow thickly and close to the ground, sometimes used in gardens to prevent weeds from growing:
However, in the forest environments, beetles were very speciose and abundant even though the ground cover was less than 50% of the sampling area.
The overall floristics at flight interception trap sites between the two plantation types did not show much difference except in the ground cover.
There were more understorey beetles in the acacia plantation, which has more ground cover, compared with the oil palm plantation (see figs 4 and 8b).
A resilient forest, maintaining a diverse ground cover of shrubs and herbaceous species, requires a mixed fire regime.
At two months after planting, percentage ground cover was estimated and mucuna plant height measured (in 1996 only).
When site 3 was excluded, the relationship between mean ground cover and mean air temperature at each site was linear.
Control of seedling emergence by ground cover: a potential mechanism involving seed predation.
To reduce soil erosion, the establishment of early ground cover is highly desirable, showing the importance of rapid canopy growth in improved varieties.
