The Nyl River floodplain, South Africa, as a functional unit of the landscape: A review of current information

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-145

  Higgins, S I ^a,b   Coetzee, M A S ^a   Marneweck, G C ^a   Rogers, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Floodplain ecosystem; Landscape ecology; Water resource

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000725370     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1996.tb00607.x     Document Type: Article

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