Linking riparian vegetation types and fluvial geomorphology along the Sabie River within the Kruger National Park, South Africa

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 194-212

  Van Coller, Alan L ^a   Rogers, Kevin H ^a   Heritage, George L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel types; Correspondence analysis; Geomorphology; Riparian

Indexed keywords

BREONADIA SALICINA; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM ERYTHROPHYLLUM; DIOSPYROS MESPILIFORMIS; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; ERYTHROPHYLLUM; MARTES ZIBELLINA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES MAURITIANUS; PHYLLANTHUS RETICULATUS; RIPARIA; SPIROSTACHYS; SPIROSTACHYS AFRICANA;

EID: 0030769605     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1997.090-89090.x     Document Type: Article

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