Shrub growth and demography in arid Karoo, South Africa: Inference from wood rings

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 487-496

  Milton, Suzanne J ^a   Gourlay, Ian D ^b   Dean, W Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth rings; Longevity; Phenology; Pteronia pallens; Range management; Recruitment; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; PTERONIA; PTERONIA PALLENS;

EID: 0031281899     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0292     Document Type: Article

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