The impact of large herbivores on floral composition and vegetation structure in the Naukluft Mountains, Namibia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1203-1217

  Burke, Antje ^a,b  

^a National Botanical Research Institute   (Namibia)

^b NONE   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Grazing pressure; Namib fringe; Rangeland management; Savanna vegetation; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HERBIVORY; LARGE HERBIVORE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NAMIBIA; NAUKLUFT MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030800745     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018308907241     Document Type: Article

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