Vegetation-environment relationships on a species-rich coastal mountain range in the fynbos biome (South Africa)

Vegetatio

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-182

  McDonald, D J ^a   Cowling, R M ^b   Boucher, C ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Classification; Fynbos; Gradient analysis; Vegetation environment relationships

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FYNBOS; RAINFALL;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE, LANGEBERG MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029661307     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00118269     Document Type: Article

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