Recovery of South African fynbos vegetation following alien woody plant clearing and fire: Implications for restoration

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 631-639

  Holmes, Patricia M ^a,c   Richardson, David M ^a   Van Wilgen, Brian W ^b   Gelderblom, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Functional guilds; Species richness; Watershed management; Weed species

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001691198     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00069.x     Document Type: Article

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