Topo-edaphic, floristic and physiognomic gradients of woody plants in a semi-arid African savanna woodland

Vegetatio

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-23

  Witkowski, E T F ^a   O'Connor, T G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Indirect gradient analysis; Ordination; Canonical Correspondence analysis

Indexed keywords

SAVANNA WOODLAND; WOODY PLANT;

SOUTH AFRICA, KLASERIE NATURE RESERVE;

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE;

EID: 0029661418     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00045140     Document Type: Article

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