Dynamics and succession of coastal dune vegetation in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 237-253

  Avis, A M ^a   Lubke, R A ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dune slacks; Dunefield; Facilitation; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DUNE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

SOUTH AFRICA, KLEINEMONDE;

EID: 0030460555     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2046(95)00217-0     Document Type: Article

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