Ecology and energetics of slacks in the Alexandria coastal dunefield

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 267-276

  McLachlan, Anton ^a   Kerley, Graham ^a   Rickard, Candice ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dunes; Ecosystem; Slacks; South Africa; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

BIOMASS; DETRITUS; DUNE SLACK; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENERGETICS; PRODUCTION;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE, ALEXANDRIA COASTAL DUNEFIELD;

EID: 0030450097     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2046(95)00228-6     Document Type: Article

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