The vegetation and identification of management units of the Honnet Nature Reserve, Northern Province, South Africa

Koedoe

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-42

  Visser, N ^a   Van Hoven, W ^a   Theron, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Braun Blanquet classification; DECORANA; Management units; Mopane Veld; Ordination; Plant communities; Veld condition

Indexed keywords

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE; DECORANA;

PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE, HONNET NATURE RESERVE;

EID: 0030424015     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v39i1.280     Document Type: Article

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