Woodland dynamics under the influence of elephants and fire in northern Botswana

Vegetatio

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-163

  Ben Shahar, Raphael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Browsing; Elephants; Seedlings; Semi arid savanna; Shrubs; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA ERIOLOBA; COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; BAIKIAEA; BAIKIAEA PLURIJUGA; FABACEAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

ELEPHANT; FIRE;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0029661209     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00118268     Document Type: Article

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