A description of the functional vegetation pattern of a semi-arid floodpain, South Africa

Plant Ecology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-101

  Higgins, Steven I ^a,b   Rogers, Kevin H ^a   Kemper, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Flood frequency; Floodpain; Functional groups; Life form; Multivariate ordination; Riparian system; Scale; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; VEGETATION PATTERN;

SOUTH AFRICA, NORTHERN PROVINCE, NYL RIVER;

EID: 0030618941     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009763931832     Document Type: Article

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