Abundance and guild structure of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) in communally grazed and protected savanna

South African Journal of Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 120-129

  Prendini, Lorenzo ^a,b   Theron, Leon Jacques ^a,c   Van Der Merwe, Karen ^a,b   Owen Smith, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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